Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Maldives
Maldives: Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land was 16.95 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Maldives is 16.95 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Maldives peaked at 66.67 % in 2002 and was at its lowest, 16.95 %, in 2021.
Maldives ranks 69th of 220 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40 % | 40 % | 40 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 40.67 % | 33.33 % | 42.86 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 48.57 % | 42.86 % | 50 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 50 % | 50 % | 50 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 53.95 % | 42.86 % | 66.67 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.55 % | 23.44 % | 28.99 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.25 % | 16.95 % | 23.44 % | 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 — 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)
- Cropland — Area 4.9 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Maldives?
- Permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Maldives was 16.95 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent crops — share in agricultural land recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 66.67 % in 2002.
- What is the lowest permanent crops — share in agricultural land recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.95 % in 2021.
- How does Maldives rank for permanent crops — share in agricultural land?
- Maldives ranks 69th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent crops — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land. 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.