Taro — Area harvested in Maldives
Maldives: Taro — Area harvested was 2 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Maldives stood at 2 ha.
The figure is up 100.0% on the previous year and down 71.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Maldives peaked at 260 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2021.
That places Maldives 50th out of 52 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.
Taro — Area harvested in Maldives, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 29 ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 30 ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 31 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 32 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 33 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 33 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 61 ha | +84.8% |
| 1971 | 69 ha | +13.1% |
| 1972 | 19 ha | -72.5% |
| 1973 | 56 ha | +194.7% |
| 1974 | 67 ha | +19.6% |
| 1975 | 100 ha | +49.3% |
| 1976 | 126 ha | +26.0% |
| 1977 | 91 ha | -27.8% |
| 1978 | 37 ha | -59.3% |
| 1979 | 80 ha | +116.2% |
| 1980 | 116 ha | +45.0% |
| 1981 | 148 ha | +27.6% |
| 1982 | 135 ha | -8.8% |
| 1983 | 125 ha | -7.4% |
| 1984 | 114 ha | -8.8% |
| 1985 | 114 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 114 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 50 ha | -56.1% |
| 1988 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 240 ha | +336.4% |
| 1991 | 180 ha | -25.0% |
| 1992 | 150 ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 100 ha | -33.3% |
| 1994 | 160 ha | +60.0% |
| 1995 | 220 ha | +37.5% |
| 1996 | 260 ha | +18.2% |
| 1997 | 78 ha | -70.0% |
| 1998 | 66 ha | -15.4% |
| 1999 | 53 ha | -19.7% |
| 2000 | 82 ha | +54.7% |
| 2001 | 60 ha | -26.8% |
| 2002 | 48 ha | -20.0% |
| 2003 | 50 ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 45 ha | -25.0% |
| 2006 | 120 ha | +166.7% |
| 2007 | 9 ha | -92.5% |
| 2008 | 15 ha | +66.7% |
| 2009 | 20 ha | +33.3% |
| 2010 | 6 ha | -70.0% |
| 2011 | 16 ha | +166.7% |
| 2012 | 4 ha | -75.0% |
| 2013 | 1 ha | -75.0% |
| 2014 | 7 ha | +600.0% |
| 2015 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6 ha | -14.3% |
| 2017 | 2 ha | -66.7% |
| 2018 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 ha | -50.0% |
| 2020 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2022 | 0 ha | — |
| 2023 | 1 ha | — |
| 2024 | 2 ha | +100.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 2 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,710 ha, 0% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +600.0% | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 1990 | +336.4% | 55 ha | 240 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30.44 ha | 28 ha | 33 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 70.6 ha | 19 ha | 126 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 102.1 ha | 50 ha | 148 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 150.7 ha | 53 ha | 260 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.9 ha | 9 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.2 ha | 1 ha | 16 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8 ha | 0 ha | 2 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 47 Grenada 29 ha compare
- 48 Barbados 25 ha compare
- 49 Antigua and Barbuda 9 ha compare
- 51 Palestine 0 ha compare
- 51 Republic of Korea 0 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 taro — area harvested in Maldives?
- Taro — area harvested in Maldives was 2 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 260 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2021.
- How does Maldives rank for taro — area harvested?
- Maldives ranks 50th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.4%. 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 Taro — 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.