Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Maldives
Maldives: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 93 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Maldives is 93 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1,760.0% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Maldives peaked at 7,000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 2023.
Maldives ranks 176th of 182 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,189 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,390 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,580 ha | 1,500 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,807 ha | 2,351 ha | 3,086 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,487 ha | 500 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 278.4 ha | 53 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.6 ha | 5 ha | 93 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 173 Brunei Darussalam 158 ha compare
- 174 Armenia 138 ha compare
- 175 Guadeloupe 101 ha compare
- 177 Puerto Rico 88 ha compare
- 178 Cyprus 81 ha compare
- 179 French Guiana 72 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Maldives?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Maldives was 93 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 2023.
- How does Maldives rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Maldives ranks 176th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.