Forest land — Share in Land area in Maldives
Maldives: Forest land — Share in Land area was 12.48 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Share in Land area in Maldives, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — share in land area in Maldives is 12.48 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Maldives peaked at 12.48 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12.4 %, in 1990.
That places Maldives 184th out of 249 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Forest land — Share in Land area in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 12.4 % | — |
| 1991 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 12.48 % | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 12.48 % | +0.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 12.48 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 38.73 %, 32% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 12.48 % is below the median for South Asia, which is 29.4 %, 42% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.4 % | 12.4 % | 12.4 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.4 % | 12.4 % | 12.4 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.4 % | 12.4 % | 12.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.43 % | 12.4 % | 12.48 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 181 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 13.07 % compare
- 182 Morocco 12.76 % compare
- 183 Cabo Verde 12.52 % compare
- 185 Burkina Faso 12.27 % compare
- 186 Tonga 12.13 % compare
- 187 Côte d'Ivoire 12.12 % compare
- 187 Cote d'Ivoire 12.12 % 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 forest land — share in land area in Maldives?
- Forest land — share in land area in Maldives was 12.48 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 12.48 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.4 % in 1990.
- How does Maldives rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Maldives ranks 184th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Share in 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.