Maldives: Short-term debt to reserves
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| Maldives |
Short-term external debt, percent of international reserves |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 16.68 |
| Year | 2023 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1978 - 2023 |
| Average | 130.34 |
| Min - Max | 3.20 - 876.86 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2023 is 16.68 percent, a decline from 54.22 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 72.95 percent, based on data from 97 countries. Historically, the average for the Maldives from 1978 to 2023 is 130.34 percent. The minimum value, 3.2 percent, was reached in 1994 while the maximum of 876.86 percent was recorded in 1978.
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Definition: Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Total reserves includes gold.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Terms of trade | 91.70 | 2023 | percent |
| Trade openness | 150.03 | 2023 | percent |
| Financial openness | 1.603 | 2022 | index points |
| Exports, percent of GDP | 74.38 | 2023 | percent |
| Exports, billion dollars | 4.90 | 2023 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Growth of exports | 4.36 | 2023 | percent |
| Imports, percent of GDP | 75.65 | 2023 | percent |
| Imports, billion dollars | 4.99 | 2023 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP | 11.56 | 2024 | percent |
| Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars | 0.81 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Portfolio investment inflows, equities | 6.10 | 2023 | million dollars (current) |
| Current account, percent of GDP | -20.00 | 2023 | percent |
| Trade balance, percent of GDP | -1.27 | 2023 | percent |
| Trade balance, in dollars | 0.07 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Reserves | 0.67 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Remittances, percent of GDP | 0.07 | 2023 | percent |
| Remittances | 5.65 | 2024 | million U.S. dollars |
| Net errors and omissions | 102.51 | 2023 | million USD |
| External debt | 68.73 | 2023 | percent |
| Short-term external debt | 2.46 | 2023 | percent |
| Short-term debt to reserves | 16.68 | 2023 | percent |