Unemployment rate: Maldives
4.514% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.514 |
| 2024 | 4.278 |
| 2023 | 4.019 |
| 2022 | 4.303 |
| 2021 | 5.016 |
| 2020 | 5.42 |
| 2019 | 4.562 |
| 2018 | 4.962 |
| 2017 | 5.377 |
| 2016 | 5.771 |
| 2015 | 6.611 |
| 2014 | 7.461 |
| 2013 | 8.295 |
| 2012 | 9.134 |
| 2011 | 10.043 |
| 2010 | 10.875 |
| 2009 | 11.697 |
| 2008 | 10.361 |
| 2007 | 9.421 |
| 2006 | 8.345 |
| 2005 | 7.313 |
| 2004 | 6.151 |
| 2003 | 5.126 |
| 2002 | 4.094 |
| 2001 | 3.038 |
| 2000 | 1.97 |
| 1999 | 1.726 |
| 1998 | 1.489 |
| 1997 | 1.25 |
| 1996 | 1.019 |
| 1995 | 0.79 |
| 1994 | 0.793 |
| 1993 | 0.796 |
| 1992 | 0.789 |
| 1991 | 0.788 |