Maldives — Central government deficit

millions of LCU · Annual · 1970–2009 · 21 observations

About this series

The central government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock.

For Maldives, the central government deficit reading stood at −5.37B LCU in 2009. Against −2.89B LCU in 2008, the period change was −2.48B LCU. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −17.9% in 2009.

-6.00B-4.00B-2.00B01970200020052009LCUSubscribe to view

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Latest observations

2000–2009

PeriodValue
2009-5.37B LCU
2008-2.89B LCU
2007-754.20M LCU
2006-912.00M LCU
2005-1.16B LCU
5 earlier values, back to 2000
2004-354.40M LCU
2003-464.00M LCU
2002-463.81M LCU
2001-430.68M LCU
2000-406.04M LCU
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.