Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Maldives
Maldives: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 26.1% in 2011. ▼ Falling
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Maldives, 2000–2011
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2011, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Maldives stood at 26.1%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.3% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Maldives peaked at 36.0% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 26.1%, in 2011.
Maldives ranks 98th of 114 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 33.5% | — |
| 2001 | 31.5% | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 33.6% | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 34.6% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 36.0% | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 32.6% | -9.3% |
| 2006 | 28.9% | -11.4% |
| 2007 | 28.0% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 34.8% | +24.2% |
| 2009 | 34.2% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 29.7% | -13.1% |
| 2011 | 26.1% | -12.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.7% | 28.0% | 36.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.9% | 26.1% | 29.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More infrastructure data for Maldives
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 781,866 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 148.14 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 11,998 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.27 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0227 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -6.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 11,998 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.48 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Maldives?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Maldives was 26.1% in 2011, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 36.0% in 2004.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.1% in 2011.
- How does Maldives rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Maldives ranks 98th out of 114 countries with data for 2011.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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