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Maldives

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Maldives is a country. The capital city is Malé, located in the Southern Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 300 km², a population of 525,994 people and uses the currency Maldivian rufiyaa. The President is Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.

Key facts

currency: Maldivian rufiyaa
capital city: Malé
region: Southern Asia
continent: Asia
land area: 300 km²
population: 525,994 people
political leader: Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (President)

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central government debt: 57.30 % of GDP
expense: 29.48 % of GDP
GDP: 6,590,894,301.96 current US$
inflation: 2.93 annual %
self-employed workers: 21.90 % of total employment
tax revenue: 19.45 % of GDP
unemployment: 4.24 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 19.07 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 5,000 people
democracy score: 0.00
democracy type: Unknown
individuals using the Internet: 84.70 % of population
net migration: -2,877 people
press freedom: 2.43
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 4.60 %
birth rate: 13.64 per 1,000 people
death rate: 2.78 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 1,039.00 current US$
health expenditure: 10.03 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 5.04 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 81
suicide mortality rate: 2.70 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 59.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 2.88 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
fertility rate: 1.68 births per woman
forest area: 8 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 3.09 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 27.10
methane emissions: 0.17 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.06 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 199,376 people
male population: 326,618 people
renewable energy consumption: 1.20 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 259.65 km²
rural population: 305,229 people
urban land area: 14.35 km²
urban population: 220,765 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 18.15 % of total population

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Maldives is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Southern Asia and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of politicians from Maldives by birth year

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Distribution of diseases in Maldives by start date

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Maldives with forecast

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Maldives with forecast

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Correlation of birth rate and life expectancy at birth of countries yearly in Maldives

Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban population by countries yearly in Maldives

Correlation of forest area and rural land area by countries yearly in Maldives

Correlation of carbon dioxide emissions and urban population by countries yearly in Maldives

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