Maldives Moves Up 2 Spaces on UN Human Development Index

Maldives Advances on UN Human Development Index

The Maldives has been promoted 2 spots on the UN’s Human Development Index, which ranks countries on their life expectancy, country wealth and education.

Maldives Ranked # 95 on UN Human Development Index

Out of the 182 countries included in the UN Human Development Index, the Maldives is ranked number 95, just behind Samoa and just ahead of Jordan.

Increased Opportunity in the Maldives

In the last 10 months in the Maldives, people have been forced to migrate less, since there has been less repression regarding people’s personal beliefs, so Maldivians are now staying in the Maldives as opposed to moving to other countries.

Maldives Population Density

Despite moving up the UN Human Development Index, changes in the Maldives have not all been positive.  Maldivians continue to move to the capital island of Male in search of better education, so the population density in the Maldives has increased from 458 people per hectare in 1997 to 540 in 2006 and one-third of the country’s 385,000 population lives on the 2 square mile island of Male, in increasingly cramped living conditions.