Cooling Degree Days in Maldives
Maldives: Cooling Degree Days was 6,399 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Maldives, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 6,399 for cooling degree days in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Maldives peaked at 6,399 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,401, in 1974.
Maldives ranks 18th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,528 | 5,430 | 5,726 | 10 |
| 1970s | 5,552 | 5,401 | 5,674 | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,647 | 5,443 | 5,873 | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,742 | 5,612 | 6,044 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,837 | 5,749 | 5,914 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,993 | 5,883 | 6,138 | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,133 | 5,946 | 6,399 | 5 |
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More environment data for Maldives
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 2.09 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.97 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0024 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0027 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1701 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0058 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.1585 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Maldives?
- Cooling degree days in Maldives was 6,399 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 6,399 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,401 in 1974.
- How does Maldives rank for cooling degree days?
- Maldives ranks 18th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org, published as part of Cooling Degree Days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A cooling degree day (CDD) is a measurement designed to track energy use. It is the number of degrees that a day's average temperature is above 18°C (65°F). Daily degree days are accumulated to obtain annual values.