Temporary fallow — Area in Maldives
Maldives: Temporary fallow — Area was 0.44 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Temporary fallow — Area in Maldives, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 0.44 1000 ha for temporary fallow — area in 2024.
The figure is down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temporary fallow — area in Maldives peaked at 0.52 1000 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.39 1000 ha, in 2009.
Maldives ranks 205th of 242 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Temporary fallow — Area in Maldives, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.44 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0.43 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.43 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.43 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.43 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.43 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.43 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.41 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 0.39 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 0.52 1000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2011 | 0.5 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 0.5 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.49 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.48 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.49 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.49 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.48 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.49 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.47 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.46 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.44 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 0.44 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.44 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.44 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.44 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 68.16 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 0.44 1000 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 44.86 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temporary fallow — Area 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +33.3% | 0.39 1000 ha | 0.52 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4244 1000 ha | 0.39 1000 ha | 0.44 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.491 1000 ha | 0.47 1000 ha | 0.52 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.444 1000 ha | 0.44 1000 ha | 0.46 1000 ha | 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 temporary fallow — area in Maldives?
- Temporary fallow — area in Maldives was 0.44 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temporary fallow — area recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.52 1000 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest temporary fallow — area recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.39 1000 ha in 2009.
- How does Maldives rank for temporary fallow — area?
- Maldives ranks 205th out of 242 countries with data for 2024.
- Is temporary fallow — area rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. 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 Temporary fallow — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.