Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Maldives
Maldives: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 119 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 119 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Maldives peaked at 120 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 1961.
That places Maldives 175th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50 ha | 50 ha | 50 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 50 ha | 50 ha | 50 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 68 ha | 55 ha | 76 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 81.9 ha | 75 ha | 94 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 85 ha | 50 ha | 106 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 115.4 ha | 108 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 118.4 ha | 117 ha | 119 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 172 Saint Kitts and Nevis 210 ha compare
- 173 Grenada 197 ha compare
- 174 Bahamas 135 ha compare
- 176 New Caledonia 109 ha compare
- 177 Puerto Rico 95 ha compare
- 178 Guadeloupe 80 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Maldives
- 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)
- Rural population 57.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 304,531 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 355.38 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 686.52 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Maldives?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Maldives was 119 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 120 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 1961.
- How does Maldives rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Maldives ranks 175th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.