| Table 13.1 Summary of Balance of Payments, 2020 - 2026 1/ | |||||||||||||||||||
| (Millions of USD) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Period | Current account balance | Capital account balance 5/ | Financial account (excludes reserve and related items) | Net errors and omission | Overall Balance | Reserve and related items | |||||||||||||
| Balance on goods and services | Balance on primary Income | Balance on secondary income | Direct investment | Portfolio investment | Other investment | ||||||||||||||
| Balance on goods | Balance on services | ||||||||||||||||||
| Export | Import | Export | Import | ||||||||||||||||
| (2+9+10) | (4-5) | (7-8) | (13 to 15) | (18+12-11-1) | (1+11-12+16) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | ||
| 2020 | -1,327.2 |
-661.9 |
-1,450.5 |
257.6 |
1,708.1 |
788.6 |
1,528.9 |
740.3 |
-305.8 |
-359.5 |
- |
-1,285.1 |
-440.7 |
49.5 |
-894.0 |
244.3 |
202.3 |
202.3 |
|
| 2021 | -453.4 |
502.4 |
-2,105.2 |
285.4 |
2,390.6 |
2,607.6 |
3,699.4 |
1,091.8 |
-535.3 |
-420.6 |
- |
-600.9 |
-642.8 |
-283.9 |
325.8 |
-326.3 |
-178.8 |
-178.8 |
|
| 2022 | -1,042.0 |
156.7 |
-2,916.3 |
399.7 |
3,316.1 |
3,073.0 |
4,695.9 |
1,622.9 |
-710.5 |
-488.2 |
- |
-846.8 |
-731.7 |
83.0 |
-198.1 |
222.0 |
26.8 |
26.8 |
|
| 2023 | -1,399.6 |
-104.1 |
-2,874.4 |
421.4 |
3,295.8 |
2,770.4 |
4,458.3 |
1,688.0 |
-756.8 |
-538.7 |
- |
-1,006.5 |
-766.8 |
19.5 |
-259.1 |
156.9 |
-236.2 |
-236.2 |
|
| 2024 2/ | -1,253.7 |
72.4 |
-3,076.4 |
382.7 |
3,459.1 |
3,148.8 |
5,031.1 |
1,882.3 |
-751.1 |
-575.0 |
- |
-1,209.6 |
-806.2 |
3.9 |
-407.3 |
128.4 |
84.4 |
84.4 |
|
| 2025 3/ | -476.2 |
949.7 |
-2,955.3 |
443.7 |
3,399.0 |
3,905.0 |
5,798.3 |
1,893.3 |
-772.7 |
-653.3 |
- |
-954.4 |
-857.1 |
24.1 |
-121.4 |
-167.9 |
310.2 |
310.2 |
|
| 2026 4/ | -627.7 |
844.1 |
-3,058.3 |
478.7 |
3,537.0 |
3,902.4 |
5,887.6 |
1,985.2 |
-800.0 |
-671.8 |
- |
-682.8 |
-894.5 |
4.3 |
207.4 |
- |
55.1 |
55.1 |
|
| Period | y/y % change | Memorandum items | |||||||||||||||||
| Current account balance | Balance on goods and services | Balance on goods | Export | Import | Balance on services | Export | Import | Balance on primary Income | Balance on secondary income | Capital account balance | Financial account (excludes reserve and related items) | Direct investment | Portfolio investment | Other investment | Current account as a % of GDP 6/ | Nominal GDP (millions of USD) 6/ |
Exports of goods and services | ||
| (19) | (20) | (21) | (22) | (23) | (24) | (25) | (26) | (27) | (28) | (29) | (30) | (31) | (32) | (33) | (34) | (35) | (36) | ||
| 2020 | 10.2 |
-96.4 |
39.1 |
-28.6 |
-37.7 |
-61.4 |
-54.8 |
-44.6 |
45.4 |
38.2 |
na |
-24.3 |
54.1 |
-70.6 |
-269.8 |
-35.8 |
3,703.3 |
1,786.5 |
|
| 2021 | 65.8 |
175.9 |
-45.1 |
10.8 |
40.0 |
230.7 |
142.0 |
47.5 |
-75.0 |
-17.0 |
na |
53.2 |
-45.9 |
-672.9 |
136.4 |
-8.7 |
5,236.3 |
3,984.8 |
|
| 2022 | -129.8 |
-68.8 |
-38.5 |
40.1 |
38.7 |
17.8 |
26.9 |
48.6 |
-32.7 |
-16.1 |
na |
-40.9 |
-13.8 |
129.2 |
-160.8 |
-16.9 |
6,163.8 |
5,095.6 |
|
| 2023 | -34.3 |
-166.4 |
1.4 |
5.4 |
-0.6 |
-9.8 |
-5.1 |
4.0 |
-6.5 |
-10.3 |
na |
-18.9 |
-4.8 |
-76.6 |
-30.8 |
-21.2 |
6,606.8 |
4,879.7 |
|
| 2024 2/ | 10.4 |
169.6 |
-7.0 |
-9.2 |
5.0 |
13.7 |
12.8 |
11.5 |
0.8 |
-6.7 |
na |
-20.2 |
-5.1 |
-80.0 |
-57.2 |
-17.8 |
7,047.5 |
5,413.8 |
|
| 2025 3/ | 62.0 |
1,211.9 |
3.9 |
15.9 |
-1.7 |
24.0 |
15.2 |
0.6 |
-2.9 |
-13.6 |
na |
21.1 |
-6.3 |
519.0 |
70.2 |
-6.2 |
7,738.9 |
6,242.0 |
|
| 2026 4/ | -31.8 |
-11.1 |
-3.5 |
7.9 |
4.1 |
-0.1 |
1.5 |
4.9 |
-3.5 |
-2.8 |
na |
28.5 |
-4.4 |
-82.1 |
270.8 |
-7.8 |
8,071.5 |
6,366.3 |
|
| Source: Maldives Monetary Authority; Maldives Bureau of Statistics; Ministry of Finance and Public Enterprises | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1/This table is compiled based on information available as of 16 April 2026, in accordance with BPM6 methodologies. Please refer to the explanatory notes on external sector at the end of this publication for more details. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2/Figures for 2024 are revised. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3/Figures for 2025 are preliminary estimates. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4/Figures for 2026 are projections based on information available as of 29 October 2025. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5/Capital grants are included in secondary income account from 2016 onwards since total grants is not segregated. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6/Nominal GDP figures for 2025 are the first estimate of annual nominal GDP, derived from the summation of four quarters of 2025 as per QNA 2025 Q4, published by the Maldives Bureau of Statistics on 15 April 2026. Nominal GDP figures for 2026 are projections available as of 29 October 2025, forecasted by the Maldives Monetary Authority and the Ministry of Finance and Public Enterprises. | |||||||||||||||||||