Agricultural land — Area in Maldives
Maldives: Agricultural land — Area was 5.9 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agricultural land — Area in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, agricultural land — area in Maldives stood at 5.9 1000 ha.
That represents a change of down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — area in Maldives peaked at 12 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 5 1000 ha, in 1961.
That places Maldives 214th out of 237 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 1000 ha | 5 1000 ha | 5 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.6 1000 ha | 5 1000 ha | 7 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.8 1000 ha | 7 1000 ha | 8 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8 1000 ha | 8 1000 ha | 8 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.1 1000 ha | 7 1000 ha | 12 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.5 1000 ha | 6.4 1000 ha | 6.9 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6 1000 ha | 5.9 1000 ha | 6.4 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 211 Marshall Islands 7.27 1000 ha compare
- 212 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7 1000 ha compare
- 213 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 1000 ha compare
- 215 British Virgin Islands 5.7 1000 ha compare
- 216 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5.4 1000 ha compare
- 217 Liechtenstein 5.17 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Maldives
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 3.36 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 16.95 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 16.95 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 66.1 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 3.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 16.44 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 83.05 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — area in Maldives?
- Agricultural land — area in Maldives was 5.9 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — area recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 12 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — area recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 1000 ha in 1961.
- How does Maldives rank for agricultural land — area?
- Maldives ranks 214th out of 237 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — area rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agricultural land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.