Maldives GDP and Manta Ray Tourism Industry Contribution, 2008-2010 and 2019-2021

Maldives Gross Domestic Product and the share contribution of national industries, including manta ray watching tourism, for the periods 2008–2010 and 2019–2021. Values were converted from Maldivian Rufiyaa to US dollars using a 2021 purchasing power parity factor of 8.2107. The dataset was authored by Hannah M. Moloney and last updated on June 1, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the economic contribution of manta ray watching tourism based on its share of GDP mentioned in the description
• Compare GDP and industry contributions across two distinct time periods (2008-2010 and 2019-2021)
• Study currency conversion effects on economic indicators using the provided purchasing power parity factor

Strengths

• Data covers two distinct multi-year periods (2008-2010 and 2019-2021) for temporal comparison
• Values are standardized to US dollars using a specific 2021 PPP factor of 8.2107
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license

Limitations

• Dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, requiring manual inspection after download
• Description metadata is limited; actual data structure and field semantics must be inferred

Provenance

Source

figshare

Time Range

2008–2010 and 2019–2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 17:40:34; freshness should be verified

Geography

Republic of Maldives