Unemployment

Quarter of Maldives youth unemployed: World Bank

The employment share of Maldivians in the booming tourism and construction industries – the main drivers of economic growth – is relatively low as both sectors attract many migrant workers.

Overseas workers banned from cashier jobs

Maldivian Youth “disenfranchised and excluded”, finds World Bank report

Government pledges to train 2000 cashiers

Rise in female unemployment, growth in gender pay disparity

Maldives ranks first in Asia/Pacific for education spending and divorce rate: OECD report

Police seek cooperation to stop gang violence