Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Maldives
Maldives: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Maldives is 0 ha per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 49.5% on the previous year and down 80.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Maldives peaked at 0.0035 ha per person in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0 ha per person, in 2021.
That places Maldives 93rd out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Maldives, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0003 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0003 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0003 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0003 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0003 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0002 ha per person | -36.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0002 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0002 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0001 ha per person | -27.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0002 ha per person | +94.1% |
| 1971 | 0.0003 ha per person | +29.3% |
| 1972 | 0 ha per person | -87.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0018 ha per person | +4558.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0032 ha per person | +82.1% |
| 1975 | 0.0035 ha per person | +7.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0007 ha per person | -78.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0008 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0002 ha per person | -74.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0003 ha per person | +62.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0002 ha per person | -41.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0003 ha per person | +62.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0005 ha per person | +75.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0006 ha per person | +19.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0007 ha per person | +19.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0008 ha per person | +11.2% |
| 1986 | 0.0009 ha per person | +12.1% |
| 1987 | 0.001 ha per person | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0006 ha per person | -37.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0006 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0008 ha per person | +36.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0011 ha per person | +32.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0006 ha per person | -47.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0004 ha per person | -25.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0004 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0003 ha per person | -42.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0002 ha per person | -26.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0002 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0002 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0001 ha per person | -43.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0002 ha per person | +66.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0006 ha per person | +261.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0005 ha per person | -12.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0004 ha per person | -26.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0003 ha per person | -34.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 ha per person | -71.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0002 ha per person | +161.4% |
| 2009 | 0 ha per person | -77.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 ha per person | +151.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0002 ha per person | +46.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 ha per person | -24.7% |
| 2013 | 0 ha per person | -70.6% |
| 2014 | 0 ha per person | -17.1% |
| 2015 | 0 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 0 ha per person | -27.6% |
| 2017 | 0 ha per person | -78.5% |
| 2018 | 0 ha per person | +93.7% |
| 2019 | 0 ha per person | -51.5% |
| 2020 | 0 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 0 ha per person | -100.0% |
| 2022 | 0 ha per person | — |
| 2023 | 0 ha per person | — |
| 2024 | 0 ha per person | +49.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +4558.3% | 0 ha per person | 0.0018 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0011 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0035 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.001 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0011 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0003 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Maldives?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Maldives was 0 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0035 ha per person in 1975.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha per person in 2021.
- How does Maldives rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Maldives ranks 93rd out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.