2nd lowest highest point5 m · #2 of 213 · 2026 edition
2nd lowest road deaths1.3 per 100k · #2 of 193 · 2021
8th highest population density1,777 per km² · #8 of 209 · 2025
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COUNTRYDUEL ASIA
Surprising facts about the Maldives
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among the Maldives’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
The Maldives among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where the Maldives sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like the Maldives across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Maldives
vs Sri Lanka 768 km
vs Seychelles 2,231 km
vs Oman 2,689 km
vs India 2,744 km
vs Bangladesh 2,832 km