Agricultural land — Area, per square kilometre in Maldives
Maldives: Agricultural land — Area, per square kilometre was 0.0198 1000 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.0198 1000 ha per square kilometre
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
137th
of 186 countries
All-time high
0.04 1000 ha per square kilometre
in 2002
All-time low
0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Agricultural land — Area, per square kilometre in Maldives, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 0.0198 1000 ha per square kilometre for agricultural land — area, per square kilometre in 2023.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — area, per square kilometre in Maldives peaked at 0.04 1000 ha per square kilometre in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre, in 1961.
Maldives ranks 137th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Agricultural land — Area, per square kilometre in Maldives, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.02 1000 ha per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 1972 | 0.02 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.03 1000 ha per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0333 1000 ha per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 0.04 1000 ha per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 0.04 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0367 1000 ha per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 2005 | 0.03 1000 ha per square kilometre | -18.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | -22.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.023 1000 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.023 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0213 1000 ha per square kilometre | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0213 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0213 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0213 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0213 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0213 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0213 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0213 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0213 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0197 1000 ha per square kilometre | -7.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0197 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0198 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.0198 1000 ha per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0393 1000 ha per square kilometre, 50% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 0.0198 1000 ha per square kilometre is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.0374 1000 ha per square kilometre, 53% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.026 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0267 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0303 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.04 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0217 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0213 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.023 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0201 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0197 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0213 1000 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 134 Cameroon 0.0209 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 135 Liberia 0.0201 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 136 Myanmar 0.0199 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 138 Montenegro 0.0196 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 139 Puerto Rico 0.0193 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 140 Peru 0.0191 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Maldives
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.252 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.911 °C (2025)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 5.45 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — area, per square kilometre in Maldives?
- Agricultural land — area, per square kilometre in Maldives was 0.0198 1000 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest agricultural land — area, per square kilometre recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.04 1000 ha per square kilometre in 2002.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — area, per square kilometre recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Maldives rank for agricultural land — area, per square kilometre?
- Maldives ranks 137th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is agricultural land — area, per square kilometre rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Agricultural land — Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Agricultural land — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Agricultural land — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Agricultural land — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Agricultural land — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.