The Maldives has experienced relatively low inflation throughout the recent years . Real GDP growth averaged about 10 % in the 1980s . It expanded by an exceptional 16.2 % in 1990 , declined to 4 % in 1993 , and , over the 1995 – 2004 decade , real GDP growth averaged just over 7.5 % per year . In 2005 , as a result of the tsunami , the GDP contracted by about 5.5 % ; however , the economy rebounded in 2006 with a 13 % increase
tsunami
2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake
Economy of the Maldives