Is Maldives a good place to live for remote workers?

Maldives scores 71/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 68.7 Mbps, safety 96, healthcare 71, air quality 89; English not scored) — rank 62 of 167.

How fast is the internet in Maldives?

Median fixed broadband is around 68.7 Mbps.

What does $3,000/month get you in Maldives?

Single-person essentials run about $1,186/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (2.5× essentials).

Livability · rank 62/167

Is 🇲🇻 Maldives (Male) a good place to live?

Quality score 71/100 against essentials of $1,186/month.

The five metrics

Internet 27 68.7 Mbps median broadband, 85.2% online

Safety 96 0.6 homicides/100k (2019)

Healthcare 71 UHC service coverage 71/100 (2023)

Air quality 89 PM2.5 9.8 µg/m³ (2023)

Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

Rule of law: middling; World Bank WGI estimate 0.04 · corruption control -0.34 · stability -0.05 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
What connectivity costs: $17.52 /mo broadband; Mobile 10GB $24.53/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

What your budget buys

Monthly budget	vs essentials ($1,186)	Verdict
$2,000	1.7×	very comfortable
$3,000	2.5×	like royalty
$5,000	4.2×	like royalty

Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.

Similar value-for-money

🇶🇦 Qatar — quality 71, essentials $1,188/mo
🇪🇸 Spain — quality 86.2, essentials $1,438/mo
🇯🇵 Japan — quality 83.6, essentials $1,393/mo
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo — quality 39.7, essentials $657/mo

Frequently asked questions

Is Maldives a good place to live for remote workers?: Maldives scores 71/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 68.7 Mbps, safety 96, healthcare 71, air quality 89; English not scored) — rank 62 of 167.
How fast is the internet in Maldives?: Median fixed broadband is around 68.7 Mbps.
What does $3,000/month get you in Maldives?: Single-person essentials run about $1,186/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (2.5× essentials).