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

Latest (2024)
23.67 kg/ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
7th
of 187 countries
All-time high
23.67 kg/ha
in 2015
All-time low
4.98 kg/ha
in 2002
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Maldives, 1990–2024

5101520251990200720241990: 5.4 kg/ha1991: 5.4 kg/ha1992: 5.4 kg/ha1993: 5.4 kg/ha1994: 5.4 kg/ha1995: 5.5 kg/ha1996: 5.9 kg/ha1997: 13.4 kg/ha1998: 14.1 kg/ha1999: 17.9 kg/ha2000: 9.3 kg/ha2001: 8.6 kg/ha2002: 5 kg/ha2003: 5.4 kg/ha2004: 6 kg/ha2005: 14.3 kg/ha2006: 21.2 kg/ha2007: 20.8 kg/ha2008: 11.6 kg/ha2009: 10.5 kg/ha2010: 12.8 kg/ha2011: 14.3 kg/ha2012: 15.5 kg/ha2013: 17.5 kg/ha2014: 20.5 kg/ha2015: 23.7 kg/ha2016: 23.7 kg/ha2017: 23.7 kg/ha2018: 23.7 kg/ha2019: 23.7 kg/ha2020: 23.7 kg/ha2021: 23.7 kg/ha2022: 23.7 kg/ha2023: 23.7 kg/ha2024: 23.7 kg/ha

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

Annual values for Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Maldives, 1990 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 4 Turks and Caicos Islands 28.04 kg/ha compare
  2. 5 Saint Lucia 27.62 kg/ha compare
  3. 6 Djibouti 25.69 kg/ha compare
  4. 6 Türkiye 2.21 kg/ha compare
  5. 8 Seychelles 23.16 kg/ha compare
  6. 9 Trinidad and Tobago 22 kg/ha compare
  7. 10 Andorra 21.06 kg/ha compare

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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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Indicator
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
229 places, 7,792 data points, 1990–2024
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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).