Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage in Maldives
Maldives: Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage was 1.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage in Maldives, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage in Maldives is 1.1%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 49.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage in Maldives peaked at 4.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2023.
Maldives ranks 176th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.0% | — |
| 2001 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | -13.4% |
| 2003 | 3.0% | -13.4% |
| 2004 | 3.0% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 3.2% | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 3.1% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | -7.3% |
| 2008 | 2.7% | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 2.9% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 3.0% | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 3.2% | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | -31.9% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | -26.7% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | -7.6% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | +20.2% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | -19.6% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | -16.0% |
| 2024 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.2% | 2.7% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.4% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 173 Mali 4.0% compare
- 174 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3.2% compare
- 175 Gambia 1.8% compare
- 177 Kuwait 0.0%
- 177 Tuvalu 0.0%
- 177 Brunei Darussalam 0.0%
More social development data for Maldives
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 62 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 4 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 62 (2025)
- Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of -18.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage in Maldives?
- Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage in Maldives was 1.1% in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 4.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2023.
- How does Maldives rank for alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage?
- Maldives ranks 176th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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