Rural population, per capita in Maldives
Maldives: Rural population, per capita was 0.5749 units per person in 2025. βΌ Falling
Rural population, per capita in Maldives, 1960β2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
In 2025, rural population, per capita in Maldives stood at 0.5749 units per person. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rural population, per capita in Maldives peaked at 0.8867 units per person in 1967 and was at its lowest, 0.5749 units per person, in 2025.
Maldives ranks 50th of 217 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8857 units per person | 0.8837 units per person | 0.8867 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.8313 units per person | 0.7803 units per person | 0.8809 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7505 units per person | 0.7415 units per person | 0.7718 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7407 units per person | 0.73 units per person | 0.7445 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.673 units per person | 0.6363 units per person | 0.724 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.616 units per person | 0.5995 units per person | 0.6324 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5863 units per person | 0.5749 units per person | 0.596 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More agriculture & rural data for Maldives
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0459 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 670.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5233 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 57.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rural population, per capita in Maldives?
- Rural population, per capita in Maldives was 0.5749 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rural population, per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8867 units per person in 1967.
- What is the lowest rural population, per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5749 units per person in 2025.
- How does Maldives rank for rural population, per capita?
- Maldives ranks 50th out of 217 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rural population, per capita rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rural population, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rural population Γ· Population, total
Computed from
- Rural population World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.