Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Maldives
Maldives: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use was 317 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Maldives, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Maldives is 317 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 15.7% on the previous year and up 185.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Maldives peaked at 755 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 38 t, in 1990.
Maldives ranks 147th of 216 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.7 t | 38 t | 125 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 82.4 t | 55 t | 127 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 292.6 t | 75 t | 755 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 365.8 t | 317 t | 388 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 144 Oman 415 t compare
- 145 Samoa 409 t compare
- 146 Sierra Leone 361 t compare
- 148 China, Macao SAR 316 t compare
- 149 Albania 296 t compare
- 150 Saint Lucia 264 t 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 pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Maldives?
- Pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Maldives was 317 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 755 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 38 t in 1990.
- How does Maldives rank for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
- Maldives ranks 147th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — agricultural use rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 185.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country, with global coverage and are updated annually. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains information on the use of major pesticide groups:1. Insecticides (Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organo-phosphates, Carbamates-insecticides, Pyrethroids, Botanical and biological products and Others not elsewhere classified);2. Mineral Oils;3. Herbicides (Phenoxy hormone products, Triazines, Amides, Carbamates-herbicides, Dinitroanilines, Urea derivatives, Sulfonyl urea, Bipiridils, Uracil, Others not elsewhere classified);4. Fungicides and Bactericides (Inorganic, Dithiocarbamates, Benzimidazoles, Triazoles, Diazoles, Diazines, Morpholines, Others not elsewhere classified);5. Plant Growth Regulators;6. Rodenticides (Anti-coagulants, Cyanide Generators, Hypercalcaemics, Narcotics, Others not elsewhere classified);7. Other Pesticides NES (not elsewhere specified).