Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita (capita) in Maldives
Maldives: Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita (capita) was 0.0041 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita in Maldives, 1989–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 0.0041 t per person for printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.8% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita in Maldives peaked at 0.0094 t per person in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.0004 t per person, in 1992.
That places Maldives 76th out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita (capita) in Maldives, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0.0014 t per person | — |
| 1990 | 0.0009 t per person | -35.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0009 t per person | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0004 t per person | -51.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0094 t per person | +2140.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0048 t per person | -49.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0035 t per person | -26.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0034 t per person | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0034 t per person | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0033 t per person | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0032 t per person | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0032 t per person | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0031 t per person | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0031 t per person | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.003 t per person | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.003 t per person | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0029 t per person | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0029 t per person | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0028 t per person | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0027 t per person | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0057 t per person | +114.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0052 t per person | -10.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0048 t per person | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0076 t per person | +60.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0074 t per person | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0053 t per person | -28.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0045 t per person | -15.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0039 t per person | -11.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0038 t per person | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0037 t per person | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0062 t per person | +68.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0039 t per person | -36.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0042 t per person | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0072 t per person | +73.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0035 t per person | -52.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0041 t per person | +18.8% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.0041 t per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0034 t per person, 1.2× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 0.0041 t per person is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.0014 t per person, 3.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita (capita) in Maldives changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +2140.4% | 0.0004 t per person | 0.0094 t per person |
| 2009 | +114.2% | 0.0027 t per person | 0.0057 t per person |
| 2022 | +73.0% | 0.0042 t per person | 0.0072 t per person |
| 2019 | +68.0% | 0.0037 t per person | 0.0062 t per person |
| 2012 | +60.5% | 0.0048 t per person | 0.0076 t per person |
| 2023 | -52.0% | 0.0072 t per person | 0.0035 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0014 t per person | 0.0014 t per person | 0.0014 t per person | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.0033 t per person | 0.0004 t per person | 0.0094 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0032 t per person | 0.0027 t per person | 0.0057 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0052 t per person | 0.0037 t per person | 0.0076 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0046 t per person | 0.0035 t per person | 0.0072 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
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)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1991)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita in Maldives?
- Printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita in Maldives was 0.0041 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0094 t per person in 1993.
- What is the lowest printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0004 t per person in 1992.
- How does Maldives rank for printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita?
- Maldives ranks 76th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.