Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Maldives
Maldives: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 93 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil 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, oil equivalent — area harvested in Maldives is 93 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1,760.0% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Maldives peaked at 7,000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 2023.
Maldives ranks 181st of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Maldives, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,300 ha | +30.0% |
| 1967 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1973 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 1976 | 1,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | +53.8% |
| 1978 | 1,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | -44.4% |
| 1980 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1981 | 1,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1984 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,004 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 2,642 ha | -12.1% |
| 1992 | 3,086 ha | +16.8% |
| 1993 | 2,829 ha | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 2,639 ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 2,636 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 3,084 ha | +17.0% |
| 1997 | 3,083 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 2,713 ha | -12.0% |
| 1999 | 2,351 ha | -13.3% |
| 2000 | 3,200 ha | +36.1% |
| 2001 | 5,000 ha | +56.2% |
| 2002 | 6,500 ha | +30.0% |
| 2003 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 6,800 ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 3,600 ha | -47.1% |
| 2006 | 568 ha | -84.2% |
| 2007 | 500 ha | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,200 ha | +140.0% |
| 2010 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 2011 | 770 ha | -23.0% |
| 2012 | 320 ha | -58.4% |
| 2013 | 130 ha | -59.4% |
| 2014 | 97 ha | -25.4% |
| 2015 | 118 ha | +21.6% |
| 2016 | 130 ha | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 102 ha | -21.5% |
| 2018 | 53 ha | -48.0% |
| 2019 | 64 ha | +20.8% |
| 2020 | 70 ha | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 52 ha | -25.7% |
| 2022 | 18 ha | -65.4% |
| 2023 | 5 ha | -72.2% |
| 2024 | 93 ha | +1760.0% |
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
- 178 Brunei Darussalam 158 ha compare
- 179 Armenia 138 ha compare
- 180 Guadeloupe 101 ha compare
- 182 Puerto Rico 88 ha compare
- 183 French Guiana 72 ha compare
- 184 Kuwait 56 ha compare
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- 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, oil equivalent — area harvested in Maldives?
- Oilcrops, oil 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, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 2023.
- How does Maldives rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Maldives ranks 181st out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil 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, Oil 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.