CPIA business regulatory environment rating in Maldives
Maldives: CPIA business regulatory environment rating was 3 1=low to 6=high in 2025. ▼ Falling
CPIA business regulatory environment rating in Maldives, 2005–2025
Source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 1=low to 6=high.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 3 1=low to 6=high for cpia business regulatory environment rating in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.3% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cpia business regulatory environment rating in Maldives peaked at 4 1=low to 6=high in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3 1=low to 6=high, in 2025.
Maldives ranks 34th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
CPIA business regulatory environment rating in Maldives, year by year
| Year | 1=low to 6=high | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 1=low to 6=high | — |
| 2006 | 4 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3 1=low to 6=high | -14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 1=low to 6=high | 4 1=low to 6=high | 4 1=low to 6=high | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.75 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 4 1=low to 6=high | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.42 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 34 Bangladesh 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Burundi 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Cambodia 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Cameroon 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Comoros 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Djibouti 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Ethiopia 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Fiji 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Gambia 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Grenada 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Guinea 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 India 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Madagascar 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Malawi 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Mali 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Mozambique 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Papua New Guinea 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Sao Tome and Principe 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Solomon Islands 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Tajikistan 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Tanzania, United Republic of 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Tonga 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Uganda 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Vanuatu 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 34 Zimbabwe 3 1=low to 6=high compare
More public sector data for Maldives
- Arms imports 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 13.26 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 6,667 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
- Tax revenue 19.5% (2021)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 110.64 (2019)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 12.7% (2021)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP 133.64 (2019)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Purchasing power 14.77 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cpia business regulatory environment rating in Maldives?
- Cpia business regulatory environment rating in Maldives was 3 1=low to 6=high in 2025, according to CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest cpia business regulatory environment rating recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 4 1=low to 6=high in 2005.
- What is the lowest cpia business regulatory environment rating recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 1=low to 6=high in 2025.
- How does Maldives rank for cpia business regulatory environment rating?
- Maldives ranks 34th out of 84 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cpia business regulatory environment rating rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The CPIA measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). This Business Regulatory Environment criterion assesses the extent to which the legal, regulatory, and policy environment helps or hinders private business in investing, creating jobs, and becoming more productive. The emphasis is on direct regulations of business activity and regulation of goods and factor markets. Three sub-components are measured: (a) regulations affecting entry, exit, and competition; (b) regulations of ongoing business operations; and (c) regulations of factor markets (labor and land).