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USD 0.7 billion (2018 estimate)
Intl$ 8.0 billion (2018 estimate)
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
7.3% | 2.9% | 7.3% | 6.9% | 7% |
*Estimate
USD 14,500.5 (2018, estimate)
(2017 estimate)
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
1.9% | 0.8% | 2.3% | 1.4% | 1.5% |
*Estimate
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
53.3% | 59.4% | 61.6% | 68% | 70.1% |
*Estimate
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
-6.8% | -8.8% | -3.1% | -4.6% | -5% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's : B2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
-25.3% (2018 estimate)
67.6% (2017)
0.002% (2018)
0.06% (2018)
Petroleum products, clothing, intermediate and capital goods
Thailand 42.8%, Sri Lanka 8.7%, Bangladesh 6.4%, France 6.2%, US 6.1%, Germany 5%, Ireland 4.6% (2017)
UAE 17.1%, India 13.5%, Singapore 13.3%, China 10.8%, Sri Lanka 6.7%, Malaysia 6%, Thailand 4.5% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 457 million | USD 493 million | USD 552 million |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 147 out of 190 countries (2019)
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 74 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 63 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 149 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 176 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 144 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 147 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 119 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 157 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 124 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 141 out of 190 countries
Ranking: 141 / Score: 53.2 (Mostly unfree) (2019)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015* | 2020* |
0.21 million | 0.27 million | 0.32 million | 0.35 million | 0.38 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2020 |
11.2% | 22.3% | 27.7% | 39.8% |
Total population: 99.3%
Male: 99.8%
Female: 98.8% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
Political Rights: 5
Civil Liberties: 5 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 3.6% Mobile 166.4% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)