Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Maldives
Maldives: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0067 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Maldives, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Maldives stood at 0.0067 ha per square kilometre.
The figure is down 85.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Maldives peaked at 1.67 ha per square kilometre in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0 ha per square kilometre, in 2021.
Maldives ranks 72nd of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Maldives, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.1 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.1 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.1 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.1 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0667 ha per square kilometre | -33.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0667 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0667 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.05 ha per square kilometre | -25.0% |
| 1970 | 0.1 ha per square kilometre | +100.0% |
| 1971 | 0.1333 ha per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0167 ha per square kilometre | -87.5% |
| 1973 | 0.8 ha per square kilometre | +4700.0% |
| 1974 | 1.5 ha per square kilometre | +87.5% |
| 1975 | 1.67 ha per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 0.3667 ha per square kilometre | -78.0% |
| 1977 | 0.3833 ha per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 0.1 ha per square kilometre | -73.9% |
| 1979 | 0.1667 ha per square kilometre | +66.7% |
| 1980 | 0.1 ha per square kilometre | -40.0% |
| 1981 | 0.1667 ha per square kilometre | +66.7% |
| 1982 | 0.3 ha per square kilometre | +80.0% |
| 1983 | 0.3667 ha per square kilometre | +22.2% |
| 1984 | 0.45 ha per square kilometre | +22.7% |
| 1985 | 0.5167 ha per square kilometre | +14.8% |
| 1986 | 0.6 ha per square kilometre | +16.1% |
| 1987 | 0.6667 ha per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 0.4333 ha per square kilometre | -35.0% |
| 1989 | 0.45 ha per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 0.6333 ha per square kilometre | +40.7% |
| 1991 | 0.8667 ha per square kilometre | +36.8% |
| 1992 | 0.4667 ha per square kilometre | -46.2% |
| 1993 | 0.3567 ha per square kilometre | -23.6% |
| 1994 | 0.3667 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 0.2167 ha per square kilometre | -40.9% |
| 1996 | 0.1633 ha per square kilometre | -24.6% |
| 1997 | 0.1667 ha per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 0.1667 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0967 ha per square kilometre | -42.0% |
| 2000 | 0.1633 ha per square kilometre | +69.0% |
| 2001 | 0.6 ha per square kilometre | +267.3% |
| 2002 | 0.5333 ha per square kilometre | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 0.5333 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4 ha per square kilometre | -25.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2667 ha per square kilometre | -33.3% |
| 2007 | 0.08 ha per square kilometre | -70.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2167 ha per square kilometre | +170.8% |
| 2009 | 0.05 ha per square kilometre | -76.9% |
| 2010 | 0.13 ha per square kilometre | +160.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1967 ha per square kilometre | +51.3% |
| 2012 | 0.1533 ha per square kilometre | -22.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0467 ha per square kilometre | -69.6% |
| 2014 | 0.04 ha per square kilometre | -14.3% |
| 2015 | 0.04 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.03 ha per square kilometre | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0067 ha per square kilometre | -77.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0133 ha per square kilometre | +100.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0067 ha per square kilometre | -50.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0067 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0 ha per square kilometre | -100.0% |
| 2022 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 2023 | 0.0067 ha per square kilometre | — |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.0067 ha per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0267 ha per square kilometre, 25% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 0.0067 ha per square kilometre is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.037 ha per square kilometre, 18% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 | +4700.0% | 0.0167 ha per square kilometre | 0.8 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0833 ha per square kilometre | 0.05 ha per square kilometre | 0.1 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5233 ha per square kilometre | 0.0167 ha per square kilometre | 1.67 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.405 ha per square kilometre | 0.1 ha per square kilometre | 0.6667 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.35 ha per square kilometre | 0.0967 ha per square kilometre | 0.8667 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3243 ha per square kilometre | 0.05 ha per square kilometre | 0.6 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0663 ha per square kilometre | 0.0067 ha per square kilometre | 0.1967 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | 0 ha per square kilometre | 0.0067 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 69 Gabon 0.0075 ha per square kilometre compare
- 70 Brazil 0.0073 ha per square kilometre compare
- 71 French Polynesia 0.0069 ha per square kilometre compare
- 73 El Salvador 0.0064 ha per square kilometre compare
- 74 Guatemala 0.006 ha per square kilometre compare
- 75 Malaysia 0.0051 ha per square kilometre 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Maldives?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Maldives was 0.0067 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 1.67 ha per square kilometre in 1975.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha per square kilometre in 2021.
- How does Maldives rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Maldives ranks 72nd out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 85.6%. 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 square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.