Fuelwood — Energy consumption in Maldives
Maldives: Fuelwood — Energy consumption was 111.45 TJ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fuelwood — Energy consumption in Maldives, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 111.45 TJ for fuelwood — energy consumption in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fuelwood — energy consumption in Maldives peaked at 120.77 TJ in 2015 and was at its lowest, 70.11 TJ, in 1990.
Maldives ranks 159th of 198 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Fuelwood — Energy consumption in Maldives, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 70.11 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 72.11 TJ | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 74.42 TJ | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 76.93 TJ | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 80.26 TJ | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 84.58 TJ | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 86.7 TJ | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 88.84 TJ | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 89.24 TJ | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 90.52 TJ | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 89.68 TJ | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 91.02 TJ | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 92.35 TJ | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 93.65 TJ | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 94.46 TJ | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 102.04 TJ | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 101.27 TJ | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 98.36 TJ | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 102.4 TJ | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 102.09 TJ | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 100.28 TJ | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 102.59 TJ | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 103.06 TJ | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 103.67 TJ | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 105.55 TJ | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 120.77 TJ | +14.4% |
| 2016 | 105.63 TJ | -12.5% |
| 2017 | 105.65 TJ | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 113.09 TJ | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 118.16 TJ | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 105.32 TJ | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 105.97 TJ | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 106.42 TJ | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 108.65 TJ | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 111.45 TJ | +2.6% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 111.45 TJ is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,849 TJ, 2% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 111.45 TJ is below the median for South Asia, which is 196,081 TJ, 0% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.37 TJ | 70.11 TJ | 90.52 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 96.73 TJ | 89.68 TJ | 102.4 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 107.84 TJ | 100.28 TJ | 120.77 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 107.56 TJ | 105.32 TJ | 111.45 TJ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 156 Cuba 162.24 TJ compare
- 157 Mauritius 120.55 TJ compare
- 158 Réunion 118.3 TJ compare
- 160 Brunei Darussalam 89.2 TJ compare
- 161 New Caledonia 84.04 TJ compare
- 162 Turkmenistan 80.28 TJ 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 fuelwood — energy consumption in Maldives?
- Fuelwood — energy consumption in Maldives was 111.45 TJ in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fuelwood — energy consumption recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 120.77 TJ in 2015.
- What is the lowest fuelwood — energy consumption recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.11 TJ in 1990.
- How does Maldives rank for fuelwood — energy consumption?
- Maldives ranks 159th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fuelwood — energy consumption rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. 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 Fuelwood — Energy consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Bioenergy contains data on bioenergy use and bioenergy production, covering the following items: i) animal waste, ii) bagasse, iii) bio jet kerosene, iv) biodiesel, v) biogases, vi) biogasoline, vii) black liquor, viii) charcoal, ix) fuelwood, x) other liquid biofuels, xi) other vegetal material and residues.