Share of forest area within protected areas in Maldives
Maldives: Share of forest area within protected areas was 0.8% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Share of forest area within protected areas in Maldives, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of forest area within protected areas in Maldives stood at 0.8%. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of forest area within protected areas in Maldives peaked at 0.8% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1990.
That places Maldives 183rd out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Share of forest area within protected areas in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.8% | — |
| 2000 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.0%, 4% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 0.8% is below the median for South Asia, which is 29.8%, 3% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 2 |
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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 5.45 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of forest area within protected areas in Maldives?
- Share of forest area within protected areas in Maldives was 0.8% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of forest area within protected areas recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of forest area within protected areas recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1990.
- How does Maldives rank for share of forest area within protected areas?
- Maldives ranks 183rd out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of forest area within protected areas rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of forest area within protected areas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas (%).