Maldives — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1991–2025 · 35 observations
About this series
The unemployment rate is the number of people without work who are available for and seeking work, divided by the labour force. It is expressed as a percentage.
For Maldives, the unemployment rate reading stood at 4.51% in 2025. Against 4.28% in 2024, the period change was +0.24 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of 4.82%.
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- Annual data, 1991–2025
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.51 % |
| 2024 | 4.28 % |
| 2023 | 4.02 % |
| 2022 | 4.3 % |
| 2021 | 5.02 % |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | 5.42 % |
| 2019 | 4.56 % |
| 2018 | 4.96 % |
| 2017 | 5.38 % |
| 2016 | 5.77 % |