Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Maldives
Maldives: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 10.32 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Maldives, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 10.32 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2024.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Maldives peaked at 10.43 g/Int$ in 1999 and was at its lowest, 3.21 g/Int$, in 1990.
That places Maldives 1st out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Maldives, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.21 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 3.86 g/Int$ | +20.2% |
| 1992 | 3.62 g/Int$ | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 10.43 g/Int$ | +188.1% |
| 2000 | 5.77 g/Int$ | -44.7% |
| 2001 | 6.49 g/Int$ | +12.5% |
| 2002 | 4.8 g/Int$ | -26.0% |
| 2003 | 4.36 g/Int$ | -9.2% |
| 2004 | 3.66 g/Int$ | -16.1% |
| 2005 | 8.75 g/Int$ | +139.1% |
| 2006 | 8.76 g/Int$ | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 10.19 g/Int$ | +16.3% |
| 2008 | 5.73 g/Int$ | -43.8% |
| 2009 | 5.45 g/Int$ | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 6.83 g/Int$ | +25.3% |
| 2011 | 8.32 g/Int$ | +21.8% |
| 2012 | 8.85 g/Int$ | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 10.32 g/Int$ | +16.6% |
| 2014 | 10.32 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10.32 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10.32 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10.32 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10.32 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10.32 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 10.32 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 10.32 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 10.32 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 10.32 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 10.32 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.28 g/Int$ | 3.21 g/Int$ | 10.43 g/Int$ | 4 |
| 2000s | 6.4 g/Int$ | 3.66 g/Int$ | 10.19 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.62 g/Int$ | 6.83 g/Int$ | 10.32 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.32 g/Int$ | 10.32 g/Int$ | 10.32 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 2 Paraguay 10.07 g/Int$ compare
- 3 Seychelles 9.36 g/Int$ compare
- 3 Viet Nam 2.91 g/Int$ compare
- 4 China, Macao SAR 8.96 g/Int$ compare
- 4 Saint Lucia 8.96 g/Int$ 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)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2018)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, per capita 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate 38.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Maldives?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Maldives was 10.32 g/Int$ in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 10.43 g/Int$ in 1999.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.21 g/Int$ in 1990.
- How does Maldives rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Maldives ranks 1st out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 value of agricultural production. 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).