Maldives Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Feb 11, 2026

Updated: February 11, 2026

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Maldives Address Format Guide

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Maldives. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.

Maldives - Address Format

An address format in Maldives contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
Street Name and House Number
City Name and Postal Code (5 digits)
Country – MALDIVES (in all caps)

John Smith
Husainee Magu 11
Addu City 19020
MALDIVES

Maldives Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
Ghazee Magu 15
Fuvahmulah 18014
MALDIVES

Example 2:

Maldives Post Office
Dhannaa Magu 5
Thinadhoo 17100
MALDIVES

Postal and Country Information for Maldives

Country/territory name	Maldives
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: MV ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: MDV ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 462
Administrative area count	21
Administration area names and abbreviations	Addu Gnaviyani Male Ari Atholhu Dhekunuburi Ari Atholhu Uthuruburi Faadhippolhu Felidhu Atholhu Haddhunmathi Huvadhu Atholhu Dhekunuburi Huvadhu Atholhu Uthuruburi Kolhumadulu Maalhosmadulu Dhekunuburi Maalhosmadulu Uthuruburi Male Atholhu Miladhunmadulu Dhekunuburi Miladhunmadulu Uthuruburi Mulak Atholhu Nilandhe Atholhu Dhekunuburi Nilandhe Atholhu Uthuruburi Thiladhunmathi Dhekunuburi Thiladhunmathi Uthuruburi	1 29 MLE 0 2 3 4 5 28 27 8 20 13 26 25 24 12 17 14 23 7
Term to describe postal codes	Postcode
Postal code format	99999
Population	437 310
Total land area	239km²

How to Validate Addresses for Maldives Using GeoPostcodes Database

GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Maldives addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Maldives, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.

Use GeoPostcodes:

Address Database to validate Street Names, Cities and Postal Codes in Maldives
Postal Database if you only need to validate Cities and Postal Codes in Maldives
Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Maldives segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions

You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Maldives using:

Street column to validate Street names
Region 2 column to validate City names*
Postcode column to validate Postal Codes

*Use Region 1 column to validate Addu City, Malé and Fuvahmulah.

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Maldives ZIP Codes

Maldives uses a “Postcode” system, which is a five-digit numeric format, like 99999, with no letters or separators. This means it uses only numbers, and is the same as the US ZIP codes. According to the GeoPostcodes world postal code database, Maldives has 701 postal codes covering 309 regions and 319 towns.

Maldives ZIP & Administrative boundaries

Maldives administrative landscape often follows inconsistent regional models and irregular public sources, making it difficult to maintain reliable boundaries. Our standardized postal and administrative boundary data resolves these gaps to ensure complete, coherent geographic coverage.

Maldives Administrative Divisions

GeoPostcodes provides a standardized reference for Maldives’s address structure, ensuring consistent, accurate, and globally aligned formatting across your systems. The dataset captures the official address elements required by the national postal operator and maps them into our unified global schema.