Maldives

2023
2021
2020
Rank 25 from a survey of 90 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
49

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
4
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
0
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
5
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
0
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
12
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
18
Rank 17 from a survey of 80 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
48

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
5
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
0
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
5
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
2
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
9
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
17
Rank 17 from a survey of 57 countries
Global Tobacco Index Score
48

Indicators

Indicator 1: Level of Participation in Policy Development
5
Indicator 2: Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
0
Indicator 3: Benefits to the Tobacco Industry
8
Indicator 4: Unnecessary Interaction between Government and Industry
2
Indicator 5: Measures for Transparency
10
Indicator 6: Preventing Conflicts of Interest
10
Indicator 7: Measures that Prevent Industry Influence
13

The Maldives became a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on February 27, 2005. The Tobacco Control Board, pursuant to the Tobacco Control Act of 15/2010, implemented the regulation on packaging and labeling of tobacco products in 2019. This regulation mandates all tobacco packaging to be labelled in accordance with the warning notice of the Ministry of Health. The warning statement should be inside the 90% (ninety percent) of the pack where warning notice is required, proportionate to the size of the pack.