Vegetables Primary — Yield in Maldives
Maldives: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 1,227 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Maldives, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in Maldives is 1,227 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Maldives peaked at 14,974 kg/ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 996.3 kg/ha, in 2015.
That places Maldives 189th out of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Maldives, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,835 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,944 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 14,764 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 14,864 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 14,954 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 14,884 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 14,940 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 14,818 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 14,893 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 14,726 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 14,827 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 14,852 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 14,906 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 14,908 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 14,909 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 14,962 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 14,899 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 14,974 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 14,974 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 14,876 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 14,779 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 14,521 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 14,324 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 14,097 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 14,015 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 14,045 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 14,852 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 14,724 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 14,918 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 11,136 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1991 | 11,931 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 12,193 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 11,827 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 11,950 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 12,345 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 12,377 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 12,089 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 12,375 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 13,066 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 10,869 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2001 | 13,770 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 2002 | 13,475 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 13,504 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 13,428 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 12,713 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 8,333 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 2007 | 13,930 kg/ha | +67.2% |
| 2008 | 8,363 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 2009 | 1,212 kg/ha | -85.5% |
| 2010 | 1,697 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 2011 | 2,117 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 2012 | 2,082 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 1,949 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 1,669 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2015 | 996.3 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 2016 | 1,423 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 2017 | 1,306 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 1,187 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 1,244 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 1,213 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 1,198 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 1,226 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 1,230 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,227 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 1,227 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,535 kg/ha, 8% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 1,227 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 11,773 kg/ha, 10% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Yield 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 | -85.5% | 8,363 kg/ha | 1,212 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +67.2% | 8,333 kg/ha | 13,930 kg/ha |
| 2016 | +42.8% | 996.3 kg/ha | 1,423 kg/ha |
| 2015 | -40.3% | 1,669 kg/ha | 996.3 kg/ha |
| 2010 | +40.0% | 1,212 kg/ha | 1,697 kg/ha |
| 2008 | -40.0% | 13,930 kg/ha | 8,363 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,877 kg/ha | 14,764 kg/ha | 14,954 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,894 kg/ha | 14,726 kg/ha | 14,974 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,515 kg/ha | 14,015 kg/ha | 14,918 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,129 kg/ha | 11,136 kg/ha | 13,066 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,960 kg/ha | 1,212 kg/ha | 13,930 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,567 kg/ha | 996.3 kg/ha | 2,117 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,219 kg/ha | 1,198 kg/ha | 1,230 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 186 Ethiopia PDR 3,260 kg/ha compare
- 187 New Caledonia 1,344 kg/ha compare
- 188 Brunei Darussalam 1,232 kg/ha compare
- 190 Samoa 1,183 kg/ha compare
- 191 Central African Republic 905.9 kg/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 vegetables primary — yield in Maldives?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Maldives was 1,227 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 14,974 kg/ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 996.3 kg/ha in 2015.
- How does Maldives rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Maldives ranks 189th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. 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 — Yield. 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.