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  • Balance of payments > Net primary income > BoP, current US$ per million: Net primary income (BoP, current US$). Net primary income refers to receipts and payments of employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (receipts and payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Export growth: Annual growth rate of exports of goods and services based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2000 U.S. dollars. Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments."
  • Exports: The total US dollar amount of exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis.
  • Exports > Export growth: Export volume indexes are derived from UNCTAD's volume index series and are the ratio of the export value indexes to the corresponding unit value indexes. Unit value indexes are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD's estimates using the previous year's trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. For economies for which UNCTAD does not publish data, the export volume indexes (lines 72) in the IMF's International Financial Statistics are used."
  • Exports > Export growth in USD: Export values are the current value of exports (f.o.b.) converted to U.S. dollars and expressed as a percentage of the average for the base period (2000). UNCTAD's export value indexes are reported for most economies. For selected economies for which UNCTAD does not publish data, the export value indexes are derived from export volume indexes (line 72) and corresponding unit value indexes of exports (line 74) in the IMF's International Financial Statistics."
  • Exports > Exports of goods and services: GDP by Type of Expenditure at current prices - US dollars.
  • Exports > Exports of goods and services > Constant 2000 US$ per capita: Exports of goods and services (constant 2000 US$). Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Exports > Exports of goods, services and primary income > BoP, current US$: Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$). Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods exports, service exports and primary income receipts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Exports > Goods: Goods imports refer to all movable goods (including nonmonetary gold) involved in a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents. The category includes goods previously included in services: goods received or sent for processing and their subsequent export or import in the form of processed goods, repairs on goods, and goods procured in ports by carriers. Data are in current U.S. dollars."
  • Exports > Goods and services: Exports of goods and services as a % of GDP, 2000
  • Exports > Goods and services > Constant 2000 US$: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments. Data are in constant 2000 U.S. dollars.
  • Exports > Goods and services > Constant LCU: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments. Data are in constant local currency.
  • Exports > Leading export market: Country or customs union which is the main recipient of exports.
  • Exports > Per $ GDP: The total US dollar amount of exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
  • Exports > Per capita: The total US dollar amount of exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Exports per capita: The total US dollar amount of exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Exports to US: in US dollars. Jan 2003 - March 2003
  • Exports to US > Per $ GDP: in US dollars. Jan 2003 - March 2003 Per $ GDP figures expressed per $100 of Gross Domestic Product.
  • Exports to US per capita: in US dollars. Jan 2003 - March 2003. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Imports: This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise imports on a c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) or f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
  • Imports > By good > Articles nes of plastics: Imports of Articles n.e.s. of plastics, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Articles of rubber nes: Imports of Articles of rubber n.e.s., by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Baby care toys games sport per 1000: Imports of Baby care/toys/games/sport, by country, in thousands USD. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Imports > By good > Clothing accessories: Imports of Clothing accessories, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Eggs > Albumin: Imports of Eggs, albumin, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Electrical equipment nes: Imports of Electrical equipment n.e.s., by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Elements oxides hal salt: Imports of Elements/oxides/hal salt, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Fertilizers crude: Imports of Fertilizers crude, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Hand machine tools: Imports of Hand/machine tools, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Internal combustion engines: Imports of Internal combustion engines, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Meters and counters nes: Imports of Meters and counters n.e.s., by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Office equipment parts accessories: Imports of Office equipment parts/accessories., by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Office stationery supply: Imports of Office/stationery supply, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Oil etc additives fluids: Imports of Oil etc additives/fluids, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Paper paperboard: Imports of Paper/paperboard, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Passenger cars etc: Imports of Passenger cars etc, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Pharmaceuticals excl medicaments: Imports of Pharmaceuticals excl. medicaments, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Pharmaceuticals excl medicaments per 1000: Imports of Pharmaceuticals excl. medicaments, by country, in thousands USD. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Imports > By good > Photographic equipment: Imports of Photographic equipment, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Photographic supplies: Imports of Photographic supplies, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Plastic nes-primary form: Imports of Plastic n.e.s.-primary form, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Plastic sheets film etc: Imports of Plastic sheets/film/etc, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Polyacetals polyesters: Imports of Polyacetals/polyesters.., by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Stone sand gravel: Imports of Stone/sand/gravel, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > By good > Tractors: Imports of Tractors, by country, in thousands USD
  • Imports > Goods and services: Imports of goods and services as a % of GDP, 2000
  • Imports > Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Imports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
  • Imports > Imports of goods and services: GDP by Type of Expenditure at current prices - US dollars.
  • Imports from US: In US dollars. Jan 2003 - March 2003
  • Imports from US per capita: In US dollars. Jan 2003 - March 2003. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Imports of goods > Services and income > BoP > Current US$: Imports of goods, services and income is the sum of goods (merchandise) imports, imports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Imports of goods > Services and income > BoP > Current US$ per capita: Imports of goods, services and income is the sum of goods (merchandise) imports, imports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Imports per capita: This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise imports on a c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) or f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Tariffs > Binding coverage > All products: Binding coverage is the percentage of product lines with an agreed bound rate. Bound rates result from trade negotiations incorporated into a country's schedule of concessions and are thus enforceable.
  • Tariffs > Tariff rate > Applied > Simple mean > All products: Simple mean applied tariff is the unweighted average of effectively applied rates for all products subject to tariffs calculated for all traded goods. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups. Effectively applied tariff rates at the six- and eight-digit product level are averaged for products in each commodity group. When the effectively applied rate is unavailable, the most favored nation rate is used instead. To the extent possible, specific rates have been converted to their ad valorem equivalent rates and have been included in the calculation of simple mean tariffs."
  • Tariffs > Tariff rate > Applied > Weighted mean > All products: Weighted mean applied tariff is the average of effectively applied rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups and import weights. To the extent possible, specific rates have been converted to their ad valorem equivalent rates and have been included in the calculation of weighted mean tariffs. Import weights were calculated using the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. Effectively applied tariff rates at the six- and eight-digit product level are averaged for products in each commodity group. When the effectively applied rate is unavailable, the most favored nation rate is used instead."
  • With US > US > Exports of chemicals-other: US exports of chemicals-other, USD Thousands, 2004
  • With US > US > Exports of copper: US exports of copper, USD Thousands, 2004
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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Balance of payments > Net primary income > BoP, current US$ per million $-999,157,645.24 2012 136th out of 149
Export growth 11.89 2004 57th out of 139
Exports $163.00 million 2009 9th out of 12
Exports > Export growth 79.56 2009 128th out of 152
Exports > Export growth in USD 150.23 2009 109th out of 152
Exports > Exports of goods and services 1.79 billion 2012 145th out of 203
Exports > Exports of goods and services > Constant 2000 US$ per capita $1,628.28 2005 79th out of 184
Exports > Exports of goods, services and primary income > BoP, current US$ $2.35 billion 2012 122nd out of 150
Exports > Goods 851.25 million 2009 126th out of 143
Exports > Goods and services 104% 2000 4th out of 156
Exports > Goods and services > Constant 2000 US$ 773.13 million constant 2000 US$ 2004 120th out of 140
Exports > Goods and services > Constant LCU 9269400000 2004
Exports > Leading export market Thailand 2009
Exports > Per $ GDP $0.18 per $1 of GDP 2006 122nd out of 161
Exports > Per capita $495.58 per capita 2006 116th out of 185
Exports per capita $509.92 2009 6th out of 11
Exports to US $31.00 million 2003 112th out of 224
Exports to US > Per $ GDP $2.48 per $100 2003 21st out of 213
Exports to US per capita $107.79 2003 41st out of 194
Imports $967.00 million 2009 8th out of 9
Imports > By good > Articles nes of plastics 6,146 2003 94th out of 105
Imports > By good > Articles of rubber nes 605 2003 99th out of 103
Imports > By good > Baby care toys games sport per 1000 8.13 2003 43th out of 103
Imports > By good > Clothing accessories 6,464 2003 63th out of 102
Imports > By good > Eggs > Albumin 3,011 2003 42nd out of 95
Imports > By good > Electrical equipment nes 3,405 2003 96th out of 106
Imports > By good > Elements oxides hal salt 429 2003 101st out of 103
Imports > By good > Fertilizers crude 244 2003 68th out of 86
Imports > By good > Hand machine tools 775 2003 99th out of 106
Imports > By good > Internal combustion engines 11,107 2003 74th out of 106
Imports > By good > Meters and counters nes 148 2003 101st out of 102
Imports > By good > Office equipment parts accessories 1,759 2003 92nd out of 105
Imports > By good > Office stationery supply 2,253 2003 84th out of 105
Imports > By good > Oil etc additives fluids 159 2003 96th out of 103
Imports > By good > Paper paperboard 1,878 2003 100th out of 105
Imports > By good > Passenger cars etc 875 2003 105th out of 106
Imports > By good > Pharmaceuticals excl medicaments 339 2003 101st out of 104
Imports > By good > Pharmaceuticals excl medicaments per 1000 1.18 2003 83th out of 103
Imports > By good > Photographic equipment 800 2003 88th out of 104
Imports > By good > Photographic supplies 548 2003 94th out of 104
Imports > By good > Plastic nes-primary form 20 2003 102nd out of 102
Imports > By good > Plastic sheets film etc 854 2003 97th out of 104
Imports > By good > Polyacetals polyesters 391 2003 96th out of 102
Imports > By good > Stone sand gravel 7,700 2003 59th out of 102
Imports > By good > Tractors 396 2003 93th out of 102
Imports > Goods and services 86% 2000 10th out of 156
Imports > Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 1.1 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 2005 7th out of 130
Imports > Imports of goods and services 1.79 billion 2012 165th out of 203
Imports from US $2.30 million 2003 178th out of 224
Imports from US per capita $8.00 2003 100th out of 194
Imports of goods > Services and income > BoP > Current US$ 882.72 million BoP $ 2005 122nd out of 137
Imports of goods > Services and income > BoP > Current US$ per capita 2,966.38 BoP $ 2005 61st out of 135
Imports per capita $3,025.09 2009 4th out of 9
Tariffs > Binding coverage > All products 97.12% 2002 65th out of 90
Tariffs > Tariff rate > Applied > Simple mean > All products 21.5% 2008 1st out of 127
Tariffs > Tariff rate > Applied > Weighted mean > All products 20.25% 2008 2nd out of 127
With US > US > Exports of chemicals-other 168 2004 151st out of 206
With US > US > Exports of copper 0.0 2004 119th out of 138

SOURCES: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank World Development Indicators. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; World Bank national accounts data. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank World Development Indicators.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; World Development Indicators database; World Trade Organization Trade Profiles database, loaded 2010; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; US Census Bureau; US Census Bureau. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from World Trade Organisation.; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database.; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on tariff data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database and global imports data from the United Nations Statistics Division's Comtrade database.; FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau

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Maldives Economy > Trade Profiles (Subcategories)

Balance of payments 47 Imports of goods 4
Exports 102 Tariffs 22
Exports of goods 4 With US 190
Imports 390

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