Unemployment - Maldives
Value & RankThe Unemployment of Maldives is 28.0 (%) with a global rank of 11.
Maldives compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Maldives is similar to that of Grenada, Mauritania, Kosovo, American Samoa, Macedonia, Greece, Namibia, Lesotho, Spain, South Africa with a respective Unemployment of 33.5, 31.0, 30.9, 29.8, 28.6, 27.9, 27.4, 26.5, 26.3, 24.9 (%) and a global rank of 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.Last 10 years averageMaldives had an average Unemployment of 14.2 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Maldives during the Great RecessionMaldives's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 15.3% during the Great RecessionMaldives since the end of the Great RecessionMaldives's Unemployment had a positive growth of 130% since the end of the Great Recession
Maldives compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Maldives is similar to that of Grenada, Mauritania, Kosovo, American Samoa, Macedonia, Greece, Namibia, Lesotho, Spain, South Africa with a respective Unemployment of 33.5, 31.0, 30.9, 29.8, 28.6, 27.9, 27.4, 26.5, 26.3, 24.9 (%) and a global rank of 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.Last 10 years averageMaldives had an average Unemployment of 14.2 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Maldives during the Great RecessionMaldives's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 15.3% during the Great RecessionMaldives since the end of the Great RecessionMaldives's Unemployment had a positive growth of 130% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 9.80 |
1992 | 9.90 |
1993 | 9.90 |
1994 | 9.70 |
1995 | 9.80 |
1996 | 10.10 |
1997 | 10.40 |
1998 | 10.50 |
1999 | 10.30 |
2000 | 10.80 |
2001 | 11.30 |
2002 | 11.90 |
2003 | 12.60 |
2004 | 12.50 |
2005 | 13.40 |
2006 | 14.40 |
2007 | 12.60 |
2008 | 12.80 |
2009 | 12.20 |
2010 | 14.50 |
2011 | 11.50 |
2012 | 28.00 |
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Grenada | 6 | 33.5 |
Mauritania | 7 | 31.0 |
Kosovo | 8 | 30.9 |
American Samoa | 9 | 29.8 |
Macedonia | 10 | 28.6 |
Maldives | 11 | 28.0 |
Greece | 12 | 27.9 |
Namibia | 13 | 27.4 |
Lesotho | 14 | 26.5 |
Spain | 15 | 26.3 |
South Africa | 16 | 24.9 |
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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators