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Maldives geopolitical profile

National context alongside 69 of 194 possible reviewed directions from Maldives. Relationship scores remain directional: the reverse country view may differ.

4Cooperative65Mixed
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Country snapshot

Comparable national indicators provide context only. They do not enter the geopolitical relationship score.

Economy

People & place

Global context

2026 OUTLOOK · ESTIMATES

Current-year economic outlook

IMF projections are shown separately from observed World Bank data and may be revised.

GDP$8.1BESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2024
GDP per capita$19.5KESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2024
Real GDP growth3%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2024
Inflation3%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025

IMF World Economic Outlook · April 2026 database · published 2026-04-14 · downloaded 2026-09-25

World Bank Indicators API · downloaded 2026-09-17 · each card uses its latest available year · CC BY 4.0

ATLAS-DERIVED · ENGINE 1.0

Geopolitical position

A relational fingerprint calculated only from reviewed directions. Coverage is stated beside every aggregate.

Average toward reviewed countries+569 directions reviewed
Average from reviewed countries+469 directions reviewed
Cooperative or stronger4Scores of +10 or above
Competitive or worse0Scores of −10 or below
CURRENT REVIEWED LAYER

Relationships from Maldives

Sorted from highest to lowest for navigation, not as a league table. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties. Select a row for the evidence-backed directional page and its reciprocal comparison.

CountryScoreBandConfidenceEvidence
United Arab EmiratesMDV → ARE+12Cooperative57%Documented bilateral evidenceIndiaMDV → IND+10Cooperative57%Documented bilateral evidenceMalaysiaMDV → MYS+10Cooperative45%Documented bilateral evidenceSingaporeMDV → SGP+10Cooperative57%Documented bilateral evidenceChinaMDV → CHN+8Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyThailandMDV → THA+8Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyAlgeriaMDV → DZA+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceBangladeshMDV → BGD+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceGhanaMDV → GHA+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceIraqMDV → IRQ+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceKazakhstanMDV → KAZ+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceKenyaMDV → KEN+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceKuwaitMDV → KWT+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceMoroccoMDV → MAR+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceNigeriaMDV → NGA+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidencePakistanMDV → PAK+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceQatarMDV → QAT+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSouth AfricaMDV → ZAF+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceUzbekistanMDV → UZB+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceAngolaMDV → AGO+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyBrazilMDV → BRA+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyChileMDV → CHL+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyColombiaMDV → COL+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyDominican RepublicMDV → DOM+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyEcuadorMDV → ECU+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyEgyptMDV → EGY+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyEthiopiaMDV → ETH+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyGuatemalaMDV → GTM+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyIndonesiaMDV → IDN+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyMexicoMDV → MEX+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyPeruMDV → PER+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyPhilippinesMDV → PHL+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyRussiaMDV → RUS+5Mixed65%Documented bilateral evidenceSaudi ArabiaMDV → SAU+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyVietnamMDV → VNM+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyAustraliaMDV → AUS+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceAustriaMDV → AUT+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBelgiumMDV → BEL+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBulgariaMDV → BGR+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceCroatiaMDV → HRV+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceDenmarkMDV → DNK+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceFinlandMDV → FIN+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceGermanyMDV → DEU+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceGreeceMDV → GRC+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceIranMDV → IRN+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceIrelandMDV → IRL+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceJapanMDV → JPN+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceNetherlandsMDV → NLD+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceNew ZealandMDV → NZL+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidencePolandMDV → POL+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidencePortugalMDV → PRT+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceRomaniaMDV → ROU+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSpainMDV → ESP+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSwedenMDV → SWE+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceCanadaMDV → CAN+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceCzechiaMDV → CZE+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceFranceMDV → FRA+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceHungaryMDV → HUN+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceItalyMDV → ITA+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyNorwayMDV → NOR+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySlovakiaMDV → SVK+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySouth KoreaMDV → KOR+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySwitzerlandMDV → CHE+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyTürkiyeMDV → TUR+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyUnited KingdomMDV → GBR+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceUnited StatesMDV → USA+2Mixed65%Documented bilateral evidenceArgentinaMDV → ARG0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyUkraineMDV → UKR0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyIsraelMDV → ISR-5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators only
Methodology v1.1.1 frozen

Every component begins at zero. Only documented rules and measured thresholds alter the score; unavailable evidence is not converted into a neutral assumption. Gaps below 5 points should not be interpreted as a meaningful ranking.