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 19th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Cooling Degree Days in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5,430 | — |
| 1961 | 5,533 | +1.9% |
| 1962 | 5,530 | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 5,517 | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 5,560 | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 5,446 | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 5,582 | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 5,503 | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 5,451 | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 5,726 | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 5,666 | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 5,459 | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 5,674 | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 5,666 | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 5,401 | -4.7% |
| 1975 | 5,431 | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 5,510 | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 5,612 | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 5,461 | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 5,636 | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 5,682 | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 5,588 | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 5,661 | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 5,836 | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 5,443 | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 5,461 | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 5,547 | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 5,873 | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 5,819 | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 5,556 | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 5,797 | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 5,783 | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 5,655 | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 5,612 | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 5,698 | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 5,773 | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 5,641 | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 5,766 | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 6,044 | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 5,649 | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 5,749 | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 5,764 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 5,847 | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 5,906 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 5,804 | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 5,895 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 5,800 | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 5,913 | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 5,776 | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 5,914 | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 5,997 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 5,883 | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 5,958 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 5,914 | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 5,928 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 6,072 | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 6,138 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 6,015 | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 5,919 | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 6,110 | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 6,216 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 6,041 | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 5,946 | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 6,062 | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 6,399 | +5.6% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 6,399 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,490, 1.4× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 6,399 is above the median for South Asia, which is 5,121, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
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
- 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 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 19th out of 193 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.