Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Maldives
Maldives: Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area was 1.66 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Maldives, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 1.66 kg/ha for biological fixation — cropland nitrogen per unit area in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, biological fixation — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Maldives peaked at 1.66 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.2581 kg/ha, in 2005.
Maldives ranks 144th of 176 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Maldives, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.6702 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.6702 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.6702 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.6702 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.6702 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.6702 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.6702 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.6702 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.6702 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.6702 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.5362 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1972 | 0.5362 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.4468 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 0.4468 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.4468 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.4468 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.4468 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.4468 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.4468 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.4915 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 0.4915 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.4596 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1983 | 0.5362 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1984 | 0.5362 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.5498 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.5609 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.5719 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.583 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.6025 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 0.6246 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 0.5915 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 0.6025 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.6136 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.6246 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 0.6719 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1996 | 0.6876 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 0.7349 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 0.7926 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 0.8229 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 0.689 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2001 | 0.5939 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2002 | 0.4061 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 2003 | 0.3348 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2004 | 0.3529 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 0.2581 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9601 kg/ha | +272.0% |
| 2007 | 1.04 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 1.1 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 1.08 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 1.14 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 1.18 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 1.42 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2013 | 1.42 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.47 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 1.48 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.47 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.45 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.45 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 1.45 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1.5 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 1.66 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2022 | 1.64 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 1.66 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 1.66 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.48 kg/ha, 30% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 1.66 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 23.53 kg/ha, 7% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Maldives changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +272.0% | 0.2581 kg/ha | 0.9601 kg/ha |
| 2002 | -31.6% | 0.5939 kg/ha | 0.4061 kg/ha |
| 2005 | -26.9% | 0.3529 kg/ha | 0.2581 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6702 kg/ha | 0.6702 kg/ha | 0.6702 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.487 kg/ha | 0.4468 kg/ha | 0.6702 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5383 kg/ha | 0.4596 kg/ha | 0.6025 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6767 kg/ha | 0.5915 kg/ha | 0.8229 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6815 kg/ha | 0.2581 kg/ha | 1.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.39 kg/ha | 1.14 kg/ha | 1.48 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.61 kg/ha | 1.5 kg/ha | 1.66 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 141 Jordan 1.76 kg/ha compare
- 142 North Macedonia 1.75 kg/ha compare
- 143 Uzbekistan 1.73 kg/ha compare
- 145 Algeria 1.25 kg/ha compare
- 146 Lesotho 1.2 kg/ha compare
- 147 Turkmenistan 1.13 kg/ha 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)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1991)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is biological fixation — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Maldives?
- Biological fixation — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Maldives was 1.66 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest biological fixation — cropland nitrogen per unit area recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 1.66 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest biological fixation — cropland nitrogen per unit area recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2581 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Maldives rank for biological fixation — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
- Maldives ranks 144th out of 176 countries with data for 2023.
- Is biological fixation — cropland nitrogen per unit area rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. 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 Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Cropland Nutrient balance domain contains information on the flows of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from mineral fertilizer, manure applied, atmospheric deposition, crop removal, and biological fixation over cropland and per unit area of cropland. The flows are aggregated to total inputs and total outputs, from which the overall nutrient balance and nutrient use efficiency on cropland are calculated. Statistics are disseminated in units of tonnes and in kg/ha, as appropriate. Nutrient use efficiency is expressed as a fraction (%).