Maldives - External balance on goods and services

External balance on goods and services (current US$)

The latest value for External balance on goods and services (current US$) in Maldives was ($708,949,800) as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $614,093,200 in 2014 and ($721,258,800) in 2018.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1980 ($21,900,000)
1981 ($19,100,000)
1982 ($17,091,180)
1983 ($19,800,000)
1984 ($10,700,000)
1985 $6,101,719
1986 $10,398,550
1987 $16,294,700
1988 $12,093,110
1989 $9,898,905
1990 $6,077,932
1991 ($14,496,310)
1992 ($15,039,770)
1993 ($40,614,210)
1994 ($5,249,046)
2014 $614,093,200
2015 $295,409,300
2016 ($223,087,700)
2017 ($330,355,500)
2018 ($721,258,800)
2019 ($504,727,900)
2020 ($708,949,800)

External balance on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in Maldives was -10,904,570,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,445,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of -11,100,750,000 in 2018.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1980 -165,345,000
1981 -144,205,000
1982 -122,607,000
1983 -139,590,000
1984 -75,435,000
1985 43,310,000
1986 74,360,000
1987 150,286,000
1988 106,238,000
1989 89,496,000
1990 58,056,400
1991 -148,630,700
1992 -158,958,300
1993 -445,005,800
1994 -60,814,400
2014 9,445,000,000
2015 4,539,347,000
2016 -3,428,501,000
2017 -5,083,180,000
2018 -11,100,750,000
2019 -7,763,724,000
2020 -10,904,570,000

External balance on goods and services (constant LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (constant LCU) in Maldives was -2,368,750,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,445,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of -2,368,750,000 in 2020.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
2014 9,445,000,000
2015 3,879,130,000
2016 3,907,570,000
2017 3,824,471,000
2018 3,029,301,000
2019 7,219,173,000
2020 -2,368,750,000

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Maldives was -18.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 16.61 in 2014, while its lowest value was -51.57 in 1980.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1980 -51.57
1981 -42.65
1982 -35.67
1983 -34.24
1984 -9.77
1985 4.80
1986 7.33
1987 11.54
1988 7.18
1989 5.22
1990 2.83
1991 -5.93
1992 -5.28
1993 -12.60
1994 -1.47
2014 16.61
2015 7.19
2016 -5.09
2017 -6.95
2018 -13.61
2019 -9.00
2020 -18.94

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts