Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Maldives
Maldives: Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of was 9.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Maldives, 2000–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 9.6% for level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in 2023.
That represents a change of up 373.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Maldives peaked at 17.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2014.
Maldives ranks 99th of 196 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.7% | — |
| 2001 | 17.1% | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 16.4% | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 15.8% | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 14.8% | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 9.9% | -33.5% |
| 2006 | 9.8% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 9.7% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 9.6% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 7.8% | -19.1% |
| 2010 | 6.3% | -18.4% |
| 2011 | 4.9% | -22.4% |
| 2012 | 3.0% | -40.2% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | -31.2% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | -83.7% |
| 2015 | 9.6% | +2815.2% |
| 2016 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.9% | 7.8% | 17.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 0.3% | 9.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.6% | 9.6% | 9.6% | 4 |
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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)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per capita 0.0185 m3 per person (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per capita 0.0003 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production, annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Maldives?
- Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Maldives was 9.6% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 17.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2014.
- How does Maldives rank for level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of?
- Maldives ranks 99th out of 196 countries with data for 2023.
- Is level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 373.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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