Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Maldives
Maldives: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 1,300 ha in 1990. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Maldives, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 1,300 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 1990.
The figure is down 7.1% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Maldives peaked at 1,400 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 900 ha, in 1961.
Maldives ranks 35th of 74 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Maldives, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1971 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,300 ha | -7.1% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 1,300 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,325 ha, 98% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 966.67 ha | 900 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,020 ha | 900 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,290 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,300 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,300 ha | 1 |
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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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Maldives?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Maldives was 1,300 ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 900 ha in 1961.
- How does Maldives rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Maldives ranks 35th out of 74 countries with data for 1990.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Area harvested. 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.