Labour Force (Total) rose 2.30% to 0.229 mil in Maldives in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Maldives reached an all time high of 0.229 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.059 mil in 1990. When compared to Maldives's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in India amounted to 477 mil, 138 mil in Indonesia, 3.29 mil in Singapore and 8.27 mil in Sri Lanka in 2021.
Maldives has been ranked 168th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Australia | mil | 12.6 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | mil | 62.0 | 63.2 | 67.2 | 68.6 | 69.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 792 | 794 | 795 | 794 | 796 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil | 470 | 473 | 476 | 479 | 489 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil | 126 | 127 | 130 | 133 | 136 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | mil | 15.0 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 16.0 | 16.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | mil | 0.191 | 0.203 | 0.212 | 0.220 | 0.226 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | mil | 24.5 | 24.1 | 23.7 | 24.1 | 23.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 67.6 | 68.1 | 68.7 | 69.6 | 71.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | mil | 42.6 | 43.8 | 43.0 | 43.8 | 45.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | mil | 3.45 | 3.49 | 3.49 | 3.50 | 3.54 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | mil | 8.44 | 8.57 | 8.74 | 8.49 | 8.48 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | mil | 40.2 | 39.9 | 39.8 | 40.2 | 40.0 |
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