Vegetables Primary — Production in Maldives
Maldives: Vegetables Primary — Production was 2,594 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Production in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — production in Maldives stood at 2,594 t.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Maldives peaked at 18,273 t in 1988 and was at its lowest, 2,389 t, in 2007.
Maldives ranks 183rd 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 — Production in Maldives, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,002 t | — |
| 1962 | 7,502 t | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 8,002 t | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 8,502 t | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 9,002 t | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 10,002 t | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 10,204 t | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 10,402 t | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 10,604 t | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 11,280 t | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 12,514 t | +10.9% |
| 1972 | 13,411 t | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 13,609 t | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 13,909 t | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 14,208 t | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 14,708 t | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 14,810 t | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 15,004 t | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 15,004 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15,203 t | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 15,237 t | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 16,133 t | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 17,203 t | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 17,494 t | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 17,813 t | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 18,132 t | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 18,045 t | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 18,273 t | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 18,021 t | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 3,352 t | -81.4% |
| 1991 | 3,472 t | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 3,213 t | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 3,111 t | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 3,005 t | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 3,103 t | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 3,200 t | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 2,987 t | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 2,871 t | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 2,822 t | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 2,989 t | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 2,754 t | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 2,590 t | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 2,495 t | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 2,575 t | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 2,460 t | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 2,820 t | +14.6% |
| 2007 | 2,389 t | -15.3% |
| 2008 | 2,854 t | +19.5% |
| 2009 | 2,463 t | -13.7% |
| 2010 | 2,510 t | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 2,408 t | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 2,825 t | +17.3% |
| 2013 | 2,839 t | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 2,722 t | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 2,674 t | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 2,734 t | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 2,714 t | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 2,630 t | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 2,564 t | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 2,568 t | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,533 t | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 2,557 t | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 2,598 t | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 2,594 t | -0.2% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 2,594 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 725,190 t, 0% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 2,594 t is below the median for South Asia, which is 2.89 million t, 0% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -81.4% | 18,021 t | 3,352 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,025 t | 7,002 t | 10,604 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,846 t | 11,280 t | 15,004 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,155 t | 15,203 t | 18,273 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,114 t | 2,822 t | 3,472 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,639 t | 2,389 t | 2,989 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,662 t | 2,408 t | 2,839 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,570 t | 2,533 t | 2,598 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 180 French Polynesia 3,210 t compare
- 181 Seychelles 3,012 t compare
- 182 Grenada 2,637 t compare
- 184 Cook Islands 1,936 t compare
- 185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,830 t compare
- 186 Samoa 1,354 t 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 vegetables primary — production in Maldives?
- Vegetables primary — production in Maldives was 2,594 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 18,273 t in 1988.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,389 t in 2007.
- How does Maldives rank for vegetables primary — production?
- Maldives ranks 183rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. 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 — Production. 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.