Savings rate, Foreign Currency, Rate, Percent per annum in Maldives
Maldives: Savings rate, Foreign Currency, Rate, Percent per annum was 1.34 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Savings rate, Foreign Currency, Rate, Percent per annum in Maldives, 2004–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, savings rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum in Maldives stood at 1.34. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.2% on the previous year and down 41.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, savings rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum in Maldives peaked at 2.93 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1.34, in 2025.
Maldives ranks 6th of 21 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Savings rate, Foreign Currency, Rate, Percent per annum in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2.93 | — |
| 2005 | 2.93 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2.93 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.93 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2.93 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2.93 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.4 | -18.1% |
| 2011 | 2.27 | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 2.24 | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 2.22 | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 2.28 | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 2.29 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 2.17 | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 2.02 | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 2.13 | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 2.08 | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 1.99 | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 1.47 | -26.3% |
| 2022 | 1.43 | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 1.42 | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 1.45 | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 1.34 | -7.2% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 1.34 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2711, 5.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Savings rate, Foreign Currency, Rate, Percent per annum in Maldives changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -26.3% | 1.99 | 1.47 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.93 | 2.93 | 2.93 | 6 |
| 2010s | 2.21 | 2.02 | 2.4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.52 | 1.34 | 1.99 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More financial sector data for Maldives
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 12.42 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 9.07 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 12.42 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is savings rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum in Maldives?
- Savings rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum in Maldives was 1.34 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest savings rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 2.93 in 2004.
- What is the lowest savings rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.34 in 2025.
- How does Maldives rank for savings rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum?
- Maldives ranks 6th out of 21 countries with data for 2025.
- Is savings rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Savings rate, Foreign Currency, Rate, Percent per annum. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.