Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled in Maldives
Maldives: Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled was 25 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled in Maldives, 1989–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 25 t for newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled in 2024.
That represents a change of up 177.8% on the previous year and down 63.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled in Maldives peaked at 300 t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 9 t, in 2023.
That places Maldives 174th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled in Maldives, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 300 t | — |
| 1990 | 200 t | -33.3% |
| 1991 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 96 t | -52.0% |
| 1993 | 105 t | +9.4% |
| 1994 | 114 t | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 114 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 114 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 114 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 114 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 114 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 114 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 114 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 114 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 114 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 114 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 114 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 114 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 114 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 114 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 210 t | +84.2% |
| 2010 | 168 t | -20.0% |
| 2011 | 125 t | -25.6% |
| 2012 | 113 t | -9.6% |
| 2013 | 109 t | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 69 t | -36.7% |
| 2015 | 218 t | +215.9% |
| 2016 | 25 t | -88.5% |
| 2017 | 25 t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 25 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 21 t | -16.0% |
| 2020 | 16 t | -23.8% |
| 2021 | 22 t | +37.5% |
| 2022 | 20 t | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 9 t | -55.0% |
| 2024 | 25 t | +177.8% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 25 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,505 t, 2% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 25 t is below the median for South Asia, which is 7,800 t, 0% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +215.9% | 69 t | 218 t |
| 2024 | +177.8% | 9 t | 25 t |
| 2016 | -88.5% | 218 t | 25 t |
| 2009 | +84.2% | 114 t | 210 t |
| 2023 | -55.0% | 20 t | 9 t |
| 1992 | -52.0% | 200 t | 96 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 300 t | 300 t | 300 t | 1 |
| 1990s | 128.5 t | 96 t | 200 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 123.6 t | 114 t | 210 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.8 t | 21 t | 218 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.4 t | 9 t | 25 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 172 Marshall Islands 28 t compare
- 172 Turkmenistan 28 t compare
- 174 Aruba 25 t compare
- 176 Ethiopia PDR 24 t
- 177 Dominica 19 t 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 newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled in Maldives?
- Newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled in Maldives was 25 t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 300 t in 1989.
- What is the lowest newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 t in 2023.
- How does Maldives rank for newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Maldives ranks 174th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Newsprint — Import quantity with 102 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Newsprint — Import quantity Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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
Newsprint — Import quantity with 102 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.