Last updated: 12/11/2021 Maldives Region: South AsiaCapital: MaleCurrency: MVR Social Protection and Economic Data Income Category: Upper middle income Data from World Bank (2021) Population growth (%): 1.79% Data from World Bank (2020) Human Development Index (HDI): 0.74 Data from Human Development Report (2019) Age dependency ratio (%): 30.20% Data from World Bank (2021) Population: 540 542 Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 4.03 bi Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita: 7 455.86 Data from World Bank (2020) Resources on socialprotection.org Legal and Policy Frameworks Legal instrument 3 Policy document 0 Programmes Social assistance 7 Social insurance 0 Labour market 0 Other Content publications 29 databases 30 webinars 1 blog posts 5 multimedia 1 news 5 Social Protection Programmes Medical Welfare, MW Maldives - National Social Protection Agency, NSPA Single Parent Allowance, SPA Maldives - National Social Protection Agency, NSPA Husnuvaa Aasandha Maldives - National Social Protection Agency, NSPA, Maldives - Ministry of Health, MOH Old Age Basic Pension (OABP) Maldives - Maldives Pensions Administration Office, MPAO Disability Allowance Programme (DAP) Maldives - National Social Protection Agency, NSPA Food Subsidy Programme (FSP) Maldives - National Social Protection Agency, NSPA Legal and Policy Frameworks Maldives Pension Act Law No 08/2009 2009 Asia, Maldives Maldives Securities Act 2006 Asia, Maldives Employment Act 2008 Asia, Maldives