Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Maldives
Maldives: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 23.67 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Maldives, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Maldives stood at 23.67 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Maldives peaked at 23.67 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4.98 kg/ha, in 2002.
Maldives ranks 7th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Maldives, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5.43 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 5.43 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 5.43 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 5.43 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 5.43 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 5.51 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 5.88 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 13.41 kg/ha | +128.1% |
| 1998 | 14.05 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 17.87 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 2000 | 9.3 kg/ha | -48.0% |
| 2001 | 8.55 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 4.98 kg/ha | -41.8% |
| 2003 | 5.43 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 6.05 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 14.31 kg/ha | +136.5% |
| 2006 | 21.24 kg/ha | +48.4% |
| 2007 | 20.82 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 11.55 kg/ha | -44.5% |
| 2009 | 10.46 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 12.76 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2011 | 14.29 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 15.52 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 17.47 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2014 | 20.52 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2015 | 23.67 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 23.67 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 23.67 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 23.67 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 23.67 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 23.67 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 23.67 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 23.67 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 23.67 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 23.67 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.39 kg/ha | 5.43 kg/ha | 17.87 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.27 kg/ha | 4.98 kg/ha | 21.24 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.89 kg/ha | 12.76 kg/ha | 23.67 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.67 kg/ha | 23.67 kg/ha | 23.67 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 4 Turks and Caicos Islands 28.04 kg/ha compare
- 5 Saint Lucia 27.62 kg/ha compare
- 6 Djibouti 25.69 kg/ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 2.21 kg/ha compare
- 8 Seychelles 23.16 kg/ha compare
- 9 Trinidad and Tobago 22 kg/ha compare
- 10 Andorra 21.06 kg/ha 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)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 10.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0084 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -7.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0088 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 19.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Maldives?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Maldives was 23.67 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 23.67 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.98 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Maldives rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Maldives ranks 7th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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) — Use per area of cropland. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).