Cassava, fresh — Yield in Maldives
Maldives: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 1,468 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Maldives, 1969–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Maldives stood at 1,468 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Maldives peaked at 4,875 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Maldives 92nd out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Maldives, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1970 | 4,000 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1971 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1973 | 3,500 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 4,500 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1975 | 4,000 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1976 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,000 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1978 | 2,500 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1979 | 3,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | -66.7% |
| 1981 | 4,000 kg/ha | +300.0% |
| 1982 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,667 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1984 | 3,571 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 3,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,400 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 2,800 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1989 | 3,143 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1990 | 4,556 kg/ha | +44.9% |
| 1991 | 3,333 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1992 | 3,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 2,778 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1994 | 3,172 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1995 | 2,125 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 1996 | 4,875 kg/ha | +129.4% |
| 1997 | 4,667 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 3,676 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1999 | 3,900 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 2,071 kg/ha | -46.9% |
| 2001 | 4,500 kg/ha | +117.2% |
| 2002 | 4,167 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 3,081 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 2004 | 2,418 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2005 | 2,320 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 2,000 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2007 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,906 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 1,878 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,716 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 1,588 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 1,535 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 1,570 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 1,560 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,444 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 1,522 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 1,505 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 1,489 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 1,505 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 1,569 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 1,504 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 1,468 kg/ha | -2.4% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 1,468 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 12% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +300.0% | 1,000 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha |
| 1996 | +129.4% | 2,125 kg/ha | 4,875 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +117.2% | 2,071 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha |
| 1970 | +100.0% | 2,000 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha |
| 1980 | -66.7% | 3,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1970s | 3,550 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,272 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,608 kg/ha | 2,125 kg/ha | 4,875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,656 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,622 kg/ha | 1,444 kg/ha | 1,906 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,507 kg/ha | 1,468 kg/ha | 1,569 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 89 Saint Lucia 2,088 kg/ha compare
- 90 Uganda 1,971 kg/ha compare
- 91 Sudan (former) 1,761 kg/ha compare
- 93 Guatemala 1,010 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Maldives
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0459 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 670.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5233 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5749 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Maldives?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Maldives was 1,468 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 4,875 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Maldives rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Maldives ranks 92nd out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.