Maldives: Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)

Key figures

Since 1995 it is down 0.72 percentage points from 0.73% in 1995. The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2025, Maldives' agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) fell 0 percentage points on 2024 (from 0.02% to 0.01%).

Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2024), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.13 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.05 percentage points in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.59 percentage points in 1996. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2017 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.000871 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 42% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Maldives had the 102nd highest value of the 103 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Maldives in the 2025 ranking

• Kuwait — 98th of 103: 0.03%
• Trinidad and Tobago — 99th of 103: 0.03%
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 100th of 103: 0.02%
• Brunei Darussalam — 102nd of 103: 0.00578%
• Bermuda — 103rd of 103: 0.004%

What this measures

Agricultural raw materials comprise section 2 of SITC Rev. 3 (crude materials, inedible, except fuels) excluding divisions 22 (oil-seeds and oleaginous fruits), 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.

Limitations: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 26 values

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in nearby economies

• Bangladesh — 0.77% (2018)
• Bhutan — 1.97% (2025)
• India — 0.91% (2025)
• Nepal — 1.63% (2022)
• Sri Lanka — 3.04% (2025)

More private sector & trade data for Maldives

• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$3.62 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$444 million (2025)
• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 52.49% (2025)
• Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) — 6.49% (2025)
• Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) — 36.01% (2025)
• Commercial service imports (current US$) — US$1.88 billion (2025)
• Transport services (% of commercial service imports) — 29.59% (2025)
• Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) — 1.08% (2025)
• Commercial service exports (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Maldives's agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)?

0.01% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is down 0.72 percentage points from 0.73% in 1995. The highest value was 0.73% in 1995 and the lowest 0.0000042% in 2013.

How does Maldives rank?

102nd highest of 103 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) unusual for Maldives?

In 2025, Maldives' agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) fell 0 percentage points on 2024 (from 0.02% to 0.01%). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2024), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.13 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.AGRI.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; World Integrated Trade Solution system (WITS); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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