Meat, Total — Production in Maldives
Maldives: Meat, Total — Production was 865.7 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, total — production in Maldives is 865.7 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Maldives peaked at 1,000 t in 1999 and was at its lowest, 400 t, in 1961.
Maldives ranks 185th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production in Maldives, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 t | — |
| 1962 | 410 t | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 420 t | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 430 t | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 440 t | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 450 t | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 460 t | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 470 t | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 480 t | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 490 t | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 505 t | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 520 t | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 535 t | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 550 t | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 565 t | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 580 t | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 590 t | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 600 t | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 610 t | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 650 t | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 700 t | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 730 t | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 750 t | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 760 t | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 770 t | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 780 t | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 790 t | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 800 t | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 820 t | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 837.48 t | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 850 t | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 852.49 t | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 858.32 t | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 846.59 t | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 870 t | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 900 t | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 1,000 t | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 900 t | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 874.21 t | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 850 t | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 813.07 t | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 778.23 t | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 700 t | -10.1% |
| 2006 | 757.25 t | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 771.88 t | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 788.14 t | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 833.1 t | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 837.55 t | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 840 t | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 840 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 840 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 845.36 t | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 862.4 t | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 869.45 t | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 869.35 t | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 863.63 t | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 858.53 t | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 855.03 t | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 860.01 t | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 862.8 t | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 863.92 t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 865.7 t | +0.2% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 865.7 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 286,984 t, 0% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 865.7 t is below the median for South Asia, which is 369,856 t, 0% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 440 t | 400 t | 480 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 553.5 t | 490 t | 600 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 714 t | 600 t | 790 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 863.49 t | 800 t | 1,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 806.59 t | 700 t | 900 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 852.63 t | 837.55 t | 869.45 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 861.49 t | 855.03 t | 865.7 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 182 Seychelles 1,461 t compare
- 183 Dominica 1,405 t compare
- 184 French Guiana 1,159 t compare
- 186 Faroe Islands 708.46 t compare
- 187 Equatorial Guinea 655.58 t compare
- 188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 499 t 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 meat, total — production in Maldives?
- Meat, total — production in Maldives was 865.7 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 1,000 t in 1999.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 t in 1961.
- How does Maldives rank for meat, total — production?
- Maldives ranks 185th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 Meat, Total — Production. 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.