Cropland — Area per capita in Maldives
Maldives: Cropland — Area per capita was 0.01 ha/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cropland — Area per capita in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, cropland — area per capita in Maldives stood at 0.01 ha/cap. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — area per capita in Maldives peaked at 0.04 ha/cap in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.01 ha/cap, in 2012.
That places Maldives 216th out of 232 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0378 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.04 ha/cap | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.039 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.04 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.037 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.04 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.028 ha/cap | 0.02 ha/cap | 0.04 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.012 ha/cap | 0.01 ha/cap | 0.02 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.01 ha/cap | 0.01 ha/cap | 0.01 ha/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 216 Cayman Islands 0.01 ha/cap compare
- 216 Malta 0.01 ha/cap compare
- 216 Northern Mariana Islands 0.01 ha/cap compare
- 216 Qatar 0.01 ha/cap compare
- 216 Seychelles 0.01 ha/cap compare
- 216 United Arab Emirates 0.01 ha/cap compare
- 216 United States Virgin Islands 0.01 ha/cap compare
- 216 Western Sahara 0.01 ha/cap 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 — Share in Land area 16.44 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 83.05 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 4.9 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — area per capita in Maldives?
- Cropland — area per capita in Maldives was 0.01 ha/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — area per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.04 ha/cap in 1961.
- What is the lowest cropland — area per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 ha/cap in 2012.
- How does Maldives rank for cropland — area per capita?
- Maldives ranks 216th out of 232 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — area per capita rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cropland — Area per capita. 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.