Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita in Maldives
Maldives: Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita was 0.0001 Square kilometres per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita in Maldives, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Square kilometres per person.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 0.0001 Square kilometres per person for land use hidden — cropland, per capita in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — cropland, per capita in Maldives peaked at 0.0004 Square kilometres per person in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 Square kilometres per person, in 2023.
That places Maldives 166th out of 177 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -4.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -3.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +21.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +16.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +13.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | +12.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | +10.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +20.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -21.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | -26.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | -11.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | -11.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.0001 Square kilometres per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0018 Square kilometres per person, 5% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 0.0001 Square kilometres per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.0009 Square kilometres per person, 10% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita in Maldives changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | -26.8% | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 163 Seychelles 0.0001 Square kilometres per person compare
- 164 United States Virgin Islands 0.0001 Square kilometres per person compare
- 165 Cayman Islands 0.0001 Square kilometres per person compare
- 167 Andorra 0.0001 Square kilometres per person compare
- 168 Qatar 0.0001 Square kilometres per person compare
- 169 United Arab Emirates 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 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 land use hidden — cropland, per capita in Maldives?
- Land use hidden — cropland, per capita in Maldives was 0.0001 Square kilometres per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest land use hidden — cropland, per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0004 Square kilometres per person in 1973.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — cropland, per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 Square kilometres per person in 2023.
- How does Maldives rank for land use hidden — cropland, per capita?
- Maldives ranks 166th out of 177 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — cropland, per capita rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Land use hidden — Cropland divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land use hidden — Cropland ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land use hidden — Cropland Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Land use hidden — Cropland divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.