Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Maldives
Maldives: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 2,114 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Maldives is 2,114 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Maldives peaked at 2,684 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 172 ha, in 2007.
Maldives ranks 158th 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Maldives, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 472 ha | — |
| 1962 | 502 ha | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 542 ha | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 572 ha | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 602 ha | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 672 ha | +11.6% |
| 1967 | 683 ha | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 702 ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 712 ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 766 ha | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 844 ha | +10.2% |
| 1972 | 903 ha | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 913 ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 933 ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 953 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 983 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 994 ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 1,002 ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 1,002 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,022 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 1,031 ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 1,111 ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 1,201 ha | +8.1% |
| 1984 | 1,241 ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 1,271 ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 1,291 ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 1,215 ha | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 1,241 ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 1,208 ha | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 301 ha | -75.1% |
| 1991 | 291 ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 264 ha | -9.3% |
| 1993 | 263 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 251 ha | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 251 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 259 ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 247 ha | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 232 ha | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 216 ha | -6.9% |
| 2000 | 275 ha | +27.3% |
| 2001 | 200 ha | -27.3% |
| 2002 | 192 ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 185 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 192 ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 194 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 338 ha | +74.2% |
| 2007 | 172 ha | -49.1% |
| 2008 | 341 ha | +98.3% |
| 2009 | 2,032 ha | +495.9% |
| 2010 | 1,479 ha | -27.2% |
| 2011 | 1,138 ha | -23.1% |
| 2012 | 1,357 ha | +19.2% |
| 2013 | 1,457 ha | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 1,631 ha | +11.9% |
| 2015 | 2,684 ha | +64.6% |
| 2016 | 1,921 ha | -28.4% |
| 2017 | 2,079 ha | +8.2% |
| 2018 | 2,216 ha | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 2,061 ha | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 2,117 ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 2,114 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,086 ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 2,113 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 2,114 ha | +0.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 2,114 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 5% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 2,114 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 216,898 ha, 1% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +495.9% | 341 ha | 2,032 ha |
| 2008 | +98.3% | 172 ha | 341 ha |
| 1990 | -75.1% | 1,208 ha | 301 ha |
| 2006 | +74.2% | 194 ha | 338 ha |
| 2015 | +64.6% | 1,631 ha | 2,684 ha |
| 2007 | -49.1% | 338 ha | 172 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 606.56 ha | 472 ha | 712 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 929.3 ha | 766 ha | 1,002 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,183 ha | 1,022 ha | 1,291 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 257.5 ha | 216 ha | 301 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 412.1 ha | 172 ha | 2,032 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,802 ha | 1,138 ha | 2,684 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,109 ha | 2,086 ha | 2,117 ha | 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Maldives?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Maldives was 2,114 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 2,684 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 172 ha in 2007.
- How does Maldives rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Maldives ranks 158th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.6%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.