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 171st of 207 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
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 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)
- Rural population 57.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 304,531 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 355.38 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 686.52 t (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 171st out of 207 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.