Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Maldives
Maldives: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 9 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 9 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 28.6% on the previous year and down 62.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Maldives peaked at 1,739 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4 ha, in 2021.
Maldives ranks 188th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Maldives, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 958 ha | — |
| 1962 | 958 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 959 ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 1,060 ha | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 1,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,051 ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 1,052 ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 1,053 ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 1,049 ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 995 ha | -5.1% |
| 1971 | 1,011 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 1,025 ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 1,200 ha | +17.1% |
| 1974 | 1,419 ha | +18.2% |
| 1975 | 1,604 ha | +13.0% |
| 1976 | 1,337 ha | -16.6% |
| 1977 | 1,308 ha | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 1,269 ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 1,332 ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 1,347 ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 1,403 ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 1,430 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 1,441 ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 1,556 ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 1,576 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 1,601 ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 1,655 ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 1,585 ha | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 1,597 ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 1,739 ha | +8.9% |
| 1991 | 449 ha | -74.2% |
| 1992 | 299 ha | -33.4% |
| 1993 | 216 ha | -27.8% |
| 1994 | 277 ha | +28.2% |
| 1995 | 293 ha | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 317 ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 137 ha | -56.8% |
| 1998 | 127 ha | -7.3% |
| 1999 | 92 ha | -27.6% |
| 2000 | 145 ha | +57.6% |
| 2001 | 260 ha | +79.3% |
| 2002 | 226 ha | -13.1% |
| 2003 | 233 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 235 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 190 ha | -19.1% |
| 2006 | 214 ha | +12.6% |
| 2007 | 35 ha | -83.6% |
| 2008 | 81 ha | +131.4% |
| 2009 | 36 ha | -55.6% |
| 2010 | 47 ha | +30.6% |
| 2011 | 76 ha | +61.7% |
| 2012 | 53 ha | -30.3% |
| 2013 | 18 ha | -66.0% |
| 2014 | 24 ha | +33.3% |
| 2015 | 24 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 19 ha | -20.8% |
| 2017 | 8 ha | -57.9% |
| 2018 | 9 ha | +12.5% |
| 2019 | 7 ha | -22.2% |
| 2020 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4 ha | -42.9% |
| 2022 | 4 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 7 ha | +75.0% |
| 2024 | 9 ha | +28.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,022 ha | 958 ha | 1,060 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,250 ha | 995 ha | 1,604 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,519 ha | 1,347 ha | 1,655 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 394.6 ha | 92 ha | 1,739 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 165.5 ha | 35 ha | 260 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.5 ha | 7 ha | 76 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.2 ha | 4 ha | 9 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 185 Tuvalu 21 ha compare
- 186 Seychelles 20 ha compare
- 187 Cook Islands 16 ha compare
- 189 China, Hong Kong SAR 5 ha compare
- 190 Bahrain 2 ha compare
- 191 Singapore 1 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)
- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Maldives?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Maldives was 9 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 1,739 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 ha in 2021.
- How does Maldives rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Maldives ranks 188th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.5%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.