Land area — Area in Maldives
Maldives: Land area — Area was 29.8 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Land area — Area in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, land area — area in Maldives stood at 29.8 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land area — area in Maldives peaked at 30 1000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 29.8 1000 ha, in 2023.
Maldives ranks 221st of 248 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30 1000 ha | 30 1000 ha | 30 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30 1000 ha | 30 1000 ha | 30 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30 1000 ha | 30 1000 ha | 30 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30 1000 ha | 30 1000 ha | 30 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30 1000 ha | 30 1000 ha | 30 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30 1000 ha | 30 1000 ha | 30 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.92 1000 ha | 29.8 1000 ha | 30 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 218 Grenada 34.4 1000 ha compare
- 219 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 32.2 1000 ha compare
- 220 Malta 31.52 1000 ha compare
- 222 Saint Kitts and Nevis 26.1 1000 ha compare
- 223 Niue 25.9 1000 ha compare
- 224 Cayman Islands 24 1000 ha compare
- 224 Cook Islands 24 1000 ha 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 — 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 land area — area in Maldives?
- Land area — area in Maldives was 29.8 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest land area — area recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 30 1000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest land area — area recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.8 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Maldives rank for land area — area?
- Maldives ranks 221st out of 248 countries with data for 2024.
- Is land area — area rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. 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 Land area — 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.