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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · MALDIVES

What Maldives Trades

In 2023, Maldives sold about $162M of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $3.5B in return. Its biggest customer was Thailand ($87M, 54% of exports); its biggest supplier, India ($545M). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$162M
GOODS IMPORTED$3.5B
TOP PARTNERThailand

Where Maldives sends its goods

Maldives’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1Thailand53.9%$87M
2United Kingdom13.7%$22M
3Germany7.8%$13M
4France3.4%$6M
5India3.2%$5M
6Bangladesh2.0%$3M
7Italy1.9%$3M
8Viet Nam1.8%$3M
9Japan1.4%$2M
10United States1.3%$2M
11Switzerland1.1%$2M
12Netherlands1.0%$2M
13Mauritius1.0%$2M
14Sri Lanka0.8%$1M
15Hong Kong SAR, China0.6%$998,685
16Philippines0.6%$973,954
17Spain0.6%$966,475
18United Arab Emirates0.5%$750,667
19Norway0.5%$746,501
20Turkiye0.4%$686,115
21Indonesia0.3%$543,653
22Syrian Arab Republic0.3%$492,999
23Finland0.3%$447,533
24Korea, Rep.0.2%$392,587
25Costa Rica0.2%$352,954

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports. 99.6% of exports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Where Maldives buys its goods

Maldives’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1India15.6%$545M
2Oman15.1%$528M
4China11.6%$405M
5Singapore9.2%$322M
6Malaysia5.9%$205M
7Sri Lanka4.7%$162M
8Thailand2.6%$90M
9United States2.3%$81M
10Germany2.1%$75M
11Indonesia1.8%$63M
12Australia1.4%$50M
13France1.3%$47M
14Japan1.2%$42M
15Italy1.1%$40M
16Turkiye0.9%$31M
17Canada0.8%$28M
19Netherlands0.7%$26M
20Brazil0.7%$24M
21Korea, Rep.0.6%$23M
22United Kingdom0.6%$22M
23Philippines0.5%$18M
24South Africa0.5%$16M
25Spain0.5%$16M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.