Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Maldives
Maldives: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 2,337 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Maldives is 2,337 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 8.9% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Maldives peaked at 5,174 kg/ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 1,362 kg/ha, in 2012.
Maldives ranks 190th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Maldives, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,475 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,793 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 4,799 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 4,535 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1965 | 4,541 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 4,776 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 4,780 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 4,781 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,803 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 4,961 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 4,952 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 4,876 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 4,197 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1974 | 3,583 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1975 | 3,702 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 4,708 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1977 | 4,773 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 4,638 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 4,968 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 5,174 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 5,068 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 4,958 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 4,925 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 4,561 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1985 | 4,570 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 4,502 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 4,279 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 4,444 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 4,441 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 4,464 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 2,425 kg/ha | -45.7% |
| 1992 | 2,870 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1993 | 2,911 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 3,419 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1995 | 4,287 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1996 | 4,842 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1997 | 3,723 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1998 | 3,167 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1999 | 3,870 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2000 | 1,807 kg/ha | -53.3% |
| 2001 | 2,377 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 2002 | 2,279 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 2,106 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2004 | 2,592 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2005 | 2,516 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 4,019 kg/ha | +59.7% |
| 2007 | 2,286 kg/ha | -43.1% |
| 2008 | 1,963 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2009 | 3,556 kg/ha | +81.1% |
| 2010 | 1,604 kg/ha | -54.9% |
| 2011 | 2,019 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2012 | 1,362 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 2013 | 1,365 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 2,580 kg/ha | +89.0% |
| 2015 | 2,574 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,588 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,308 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2018 | 2,074 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2019 | 2,232 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 2,213 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 1,577 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 2022 | 1,578 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,146 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 2024 | 2,337 kg/ha | +8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,698 kg/ha | 4,475 kg/ha | 4,803 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,536 kg/ha | 3,583 kg/ha | 4,968 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,692 kg/ha | 4,279 kg/ha | 5,174 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,598 kg/ha | 2,425 kg/ha | 4,842 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,550 kg/ha | 1,807 kg/ha | 4,019 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,071 kg/ha | 1,362 kg/ha | 2,588 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,971 kg/ha | 1,577 kg/ha | 2,337 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 187 Mauritania 2,810 kg/ha compare
- 188 Uganda 2,794 kg/ha compare
- 189 Brunei Darussalam 2,362 kg/ha compare
- 191 New Caledonia 1,685 kg/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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Maldives?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Maldives was 2,337 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 5,174 kg/ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,362 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Maldives rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Maldives ranks 190th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.