Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Maldives
Maldives: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 546.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 546.5 kg/ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Maldives peaked at 928.6 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 331.2 kg/ha, in 1979.
Maldives ranks 96th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Maldives, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 822.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 839.8 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 856.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 874.9 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 893.1 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 900 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 928.6 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 910 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 922.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 890.2 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1971 | 784.2 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1972 | 476.2 kg/ha | -39.3% |
| 1973 | 517.2 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1974 | 463 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1975 | 757.6 kg/ha | +63.6% |
| 1976 | 542.6 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1977 | 655.4 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1978 | 468.9 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1979 | 331.2 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1980 | 767.9 kg/ha | +131.9% |
| 1981 | 613.3 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1982 | 572 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 520 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1984 | 494 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 494 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 496.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 414.3 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1988 | 442 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 558.1 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1990 | 549.6 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 583.1 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 583.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 584.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 585.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 585.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 586.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 587.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 595 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 606.3 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 636.6 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 587.3 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 468.7 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2003 | 695.4 kg/ha | +48.4% |
| 2004 | 694.2 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 615.2 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2006 | 586.8 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 538.2 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 539.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 560.1 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 553.8 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 532.8 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 555.8 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 564.8 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 565.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 560.3 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 556.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 556.4 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 555.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 554.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 551.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 551.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 550 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 548.3 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 546.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 546.5 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 603 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 546.5 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 426.95 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Maldives changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +131.9% | 331.2 kg/ha | 767.9 kg/ha |
| 1975 | +63.6% | 463 kg/ha | 757.6 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +48.4% | 468.7 kg/ha | 695.4 kg/ha |
| 1972 | -39.3% | 784.2 kg/ha | 476.2 kg/ha |
| 1979 | -29.4% | 468.9 kg/ha | 331.2 kg/ha |
| 1976 | -28.4% | 757.6 kg/ha | 542.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 883.14 kg/ha | 822.9 kg/ha | 928.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 588.65 kg/ha | 331.2 kg/ha | 890.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 537.25 kg/ha | 414.3 kg/ha | 767.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 584.75 kg/ha | 549.6 kg/ha | 606.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 592.2 kg/ha | 468.7 kg/ha | 695.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 555.61 kg/ha | 532.8 kg/ha | 565.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 549.58 kg/ha | 546.5 kg/ha | 551.6 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Maldives?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Maldives was 546.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 928.6 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 331.2 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Maldives rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Maldives ranks 96th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.