Insecticides — Agricultural Use in Maldives
Maldives: Insecticides — Agricultural Use was 168 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Insecticides — Agricultural Use in Maldives, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 168 t for insecticides — agricultural use in 2024.
The figure is down 15.2% on the previous year and up 166.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insecticides — agricultural use in Maldives peaked at 278 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 30 t, in 1990.
That places Maldives 117th out of 216 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48.2 t | 30 t | 106 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 69.9 t | 46 t | 109 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 131.3 t | 57 t | 278 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 181.4 t | 162 t | 200 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
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 — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 16.44 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 83.05 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insecticides — agricultural use in Maldives?
- Insecticides — agricultural use in Maldives was 168 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest insecticides — agricultural use recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 278 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest insecticides — agricultural use recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 t in 1990.
- How does Maldives rank for insecticides — agricultural use?
- Maldives ranks 117th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is insecticides — agricultural use rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 166.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Insecticides — Agricultural Use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country, with global coverage and are updated annually. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains information on the use of major pesticide groups:1. Insecticides (Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organo-phosphates, Carbamates-insecticides, Pyrethroids, Botanical and biological products and Others not elsewhere classified);2. Mineral Oils;3. Herbicides (Phenoxy hormone products, Triazines, Amides, Carbamates-herbicides, Dinitroanilines, Urea derivatives, Sulfonyl urea, Bipiridils, Uracil, Others not elsewhere classified);4. Fungicides and Bactericides (Inorganic, Dithiocarbamates, Benzimidazoles, Triazoles, Diazoles, Diazines, Morpholines, Others not elsewhere classified);5. Plant Growth Regulators;6. Rodenticides (Anti-coagulants, Cyanide Generators, Hypercalcaemics, Narcotics, Others not elsewhere classified);7. Other Pesticides NES (not elsewhere specified).