Country Reports

Maldives

Highlights

  1. Out of the 1000 most-visited websites, 68% can be reached on a local server or cache in Maldives. This exceeds Internet Society's target of 50%.
  2. Internet Society rates the choice of Internet service providers as poor.
  3. As of 2023, the population of Maldives was 525,994. The United Nations defines it as a small island developing state.
  4. Approximately 84% of the population is an Internet user.
  5. In Maldives, there is 1 data center and there is 1 active IXP.

Internet Usage Permanent link

Internet penetration

20002005201020152020
84%

of the population used the Internet at least once over a 3-month period

74%
Asia average

Usage by gender

Proportion of the population that uses the Internet, by gender

  • Female: 96%
  • Male: 76%

Note: Measurement methods vary by country.

Urban and rural Internet penetration

Percentage of the population that uses the Internet in rural and urban areas

  • Urban: 96%
  • Rural: 75%

Note: Measurement methods vary by country.

Average download speed

Based on an average of 300 users

  • 11.89 Mbps

    Broadband

  • 73.44 Mbps

    Mobile

Average Internet cost

201820192020202120222023
1.35%

of average income (GNI) is needed to cover a low-consumption basket, using at least 3G technology.

Network Infrastructure Permanent link

Mobile 4G and 5G coverage

100%

has access to at least one device with 4G mobile Internet

58%

has access to at least one device with 5G mobile Internet

Active networks

The building blocks of the Internet, identified by Autonomous System (AS) numbers.

16

active networks

International connections

Routes to the global Internet

Upstream diversity is

Poor

More than 2 connections to the global Internet improves the ability to recover from unexpected events.

Adoption of IPv6

Jul 2020Jan 2021Jul 2021Jan 2022Jul 2022Jan 2023Jul 2023Jan 2024Jul 2024Jan 2025
7%

of users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol

21%
Asia average

Market Overview Permanent link

Data centers

Number of data centers in operation

1

active data center

Internet Exchange Points

1

IXP in Maldives

6
Asia average
22% of 18

active networks connect via an IXP

Oct 2022Jan 2023Apr 2023Jul 2023Oct 2023Jan 2024Apr 2024Jul 2024Oct 2024Jan 2025

Total number of IXP members in Maldives

Locally cached content

68%

of the top 1000 websites in Maldives can be accessed through an in-country server or cache

49%
Asia average

Top Internet service providers

Top Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by market share

  • DHIRAAGU-MV-AP DHIVEHI RAAJJEYGE GULHUN PLC: 61%
  • OOREDOO-MV Ooredoo Maldives Plc: 34%
  • SPACEX-STARLINK: 2%
  • SATLINKPVTLTD-AS-AP SatLink Pvt Ltd: 1%
  • RAAJJEONLINE-AS Focus Infocom Private Limited: 1%

Digital public services rating

The UN's measure of a country's e-government ecosystem readiness

57%

Market competition

Poor

market competitiveness for Internet customers and end users

Security Permanent link

Global Cybersecurity Index

Estimates the ability of a country or economy to prevent and manage cyber incidents

3 / 100

Routing security practices

The use of resource public key infrastructure (RPKI), which connects IP prefixes to the correct autonomous system (AS)

ROA

Route origin authorization uses a cryptographic signature to certify network announcements

  • 99%
    of IPv4 prefixes protected
  • 100%
    of IPv6 prefixes protected

ROV

Route origin validation filters out route announcements

  • 9%
    of networks are using ROV to filter out invalid prefixes and networks

DNSSEC status

  • Inactive

Adoption of DNSSEC

56%

of DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic

41%
Asia average

Footnotes Permanent link

The geographic boundaries and country names shown do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Internet Society concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities. Regions and Sub-Regions are taken from the UN Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Series M, No. 49).

Pulse uses the most recent possible data from international sources. For some indicators in Pulse, the source data may be updated more frequently. For more information on how often we update individual data points, see the Indicator page.