Overall fiscal balance is the difference between total revenues and grants, and expenditure. It is expressed as a percentage of nominal GDP.
Figures for overall balance as a % of GDP for 2025 have been revised as per the 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. Figures for 2026 have been calculated using revised nominal GDP estimates available as of 29 October 2025, forecasted by the Maldives Monetary Authority and the Ministry of Finance and Public Enterprises.
| ID | 2176 |
| Range | 2012 - 2026 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Sources |
Ministry of Finance and Planning
Maldives Bureau of Statistics
|
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -6.7% | -3.5% | -2.4% | -6.5% | -9.9% | -3.0% | -5.2% | -6.5% | -23.7% | -14.2% | -11.6% | -10.5% | -9.9% | -5.4% | -7.1% |
Overall fiscal balance is the difference between total revenues and grants, and expenditure. It is expressed as a percentage of nominal GDP.
Figures for overall balance as a % of GDP for 2025 have been revised as per the 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. Figures for 2026 have been calculated using revised nominal GDP estimates available as of 29 October 2025, forecasted by the Maldives Monetary Authority and the Ministry of Finance and Public Enterprises.
| ID | 2176 |
| Range | 2012 - 2026 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Sources |
Ministry of Finance and Planning
Maldives Bureau of Statistics
|
