National development objectives are set as follows:  
  

• Sustain a high rate of economic growth.

• Providing all Maldivians of working age the opportunity to contribute to and  benefit from economic growth.

• Foster the quality and level of education.

• Remove barriers to and encourage development of alternative urban centres to  Male’ (the capital).

• Revitalise family planning and population control programmes.

Increase the wealth of the nation and improve the GDP per capita year by year.