Cereals, primary — Yield in Maldives
Maldives: Cereals, primary — Yield was 2,442 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 2,442 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Maldives peaked at 2,528 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 714.3 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Maldives 113th out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 883.87 kg/ha | 783 kg/ha | 923.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 851.5 kg/ha | 760.9 kg/ha | 986.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 969.65 kg/ha | 714.3 kg/ha | 1,375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,079 kg/ha | 999.9 kg/ha | 1,350 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,812 kg/ha | 1,477 kg/ha | 2,142 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,399 kg/ha | 2,247 kg/ha | 2,528 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,431 kg/ha | 2,408 kg/ha | 2,443 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 110 Côte d'Ivoire 2,542 kg/ha compare
- 111 Palestine 2,522 kg/ha compare
- 112 Nicaragua 2,515 kg/ha compare
- 114 Brunei Darussalam 2,418 kg/ha compare
- 115 Caribbean 2,408 kg/ha compare
- 116 Republic of Moldova 2,406 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Maldives
- Agriculture share gdp 4.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 57.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 304,531 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 355.38 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 686.52 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Maldives?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Maldives was 2,442 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 2,528 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 714.3 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Maldives rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Maldives ranks 113th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. 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 Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.