Country Report Maldives October 2021

Outlook for 2022-23: Forecast summary

Forecast summary
(% unless otherwise indicated)
 2020a2021b2022c2023c
Real GDP growth-33.6b18.616.08.5
Gross fixed investment growth1.8b3.74.56.0
Gross agricultural production growth6.4b5.03.02.0
Consumer price inflation (av)-1.42.32.22.0
Consumer price inflation (end-period)-1.38.50.00.0
Lending interest rate11.611.611.711.7
Government balance (% of GDP)-20.7b-14.1-9.3-7.0
Exports of goods fob (US$ m)257.6300.0315.0340.0
Imports of goods fob (US$ m)1,708.32,306.32,597.83,097.6
Current-account balance (US$ m)-1,118.5-1,197.7-1,272.8-1,323.9
Current-account balance (% of GDP)-22.2b-20.4-20.1-19.4
External debt (year-end; US$ m)3,404.1b3,384.13,650.93,744.4
Exchange rate Rf:US$ (av)15.3815.3715.3815.39
Exchange rate Rf:US$ (end-period)15.4115.3715.3815.39
Exchange rate Rf:¥100 (av)14.4114.1113.8613.72
Exchange rate Rf:€ (av)17.5518.3617.9917.65
a Actual. b EIU estimates. c EIU forecasts.

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