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Agricultural land in Maldives

Agricultural land in the Maldives was 19.8% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 161st highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202419.8% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank161st of 224Countries ranked
Series high402002
Series low16.71961

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Agricultural land in Maldives, 1961 to 2024

15202530354019611971198119912001201120241961: 16.7 %1962: 16.7 %1963: 16.7 %1964: 16.7 %1965: 16.7 %1966: 16.7 %1967: 16.7 %1968: 16.7 %1969: 16.7 %1970: 16.7 %1971: 20 %1972: 20 %1973: 23.3 %1974: 23.3 %1975: 23.3 %1976: 23.3 %1977: 23.3 %1978: 23.3 %1979: 23.3 %1980: 23.3 %1981: 23.3 %1982: 26.7 %1983: 26.7 %1984: 26.7 %1985: 26.7 %1986: 26.7 %1987: 26.7 %1988: 26.7 %1989: 26.7 %1990: 26.7 %1991: 26.7 %1992: 26.7 %1993: 26.7 %1994: 26.7 %1995: 26.7 %1996: 26.7 %1997: 26.7 %1998: 26.7 %1999: 26.7 %2000: 30 %2001: 33.3 %2002: 40 %2003: 40 %2004: 36.7 %2005: 30 %2006: 23.3 %2007: 23.3 %2008: 23.3 %2009: 23.3 %2010: 23 %2011: 23 %2012: 21.3 %2013: 21.3 %2014: 21.3 %2015: 21.3 %2016: 21.3 %2017: 21.3 %2018: 21.3 %2019: 21.3 %2020: 21.3 %2021: 19.7 %2022: 19.7 %2023: 19.8 %2024: 19.8 %1020304019611983200520241961: 16.7 %1962: 16.7 %1963: 16.7 %1964: 16.7 %1965: 16.7 %1966: 16.7 %1967: 16.7 %1968: 16.7 %1969: 16.7 %1970: 16.7 %1971: 20 %1972: 20 %1973: 23.3 %1974: 23.3 %1975: 23.3 %1976: 23.3 %1977: 23.3 %1978: 23.3 %1979: 23.3 %1980: 23.3 %1981: 23.3 %1982: 26.7 %1983: 26.7 %1984: 26.7 %1985: 26.7 %1986: 26.7 %1987: 26.7 %1988: 26.7 %1989: 26.7 %1990: 26.7 %1991: 26.7 %1992: 26.7 %1993: 26.7 %1994: 26.7 %1995: 26.7 %1996: 26.7 %1997: 26.7 %1998: 26.7 %1999: 26.7 %2000: 30 %2001: 33.3 %2002: 40 %2003: 40 %2004: 36.7 %2005: 30 %2006: 23.3 %2007: 23.3 %2008: 23.3 %2009: 23.3 %2010: 23 %2011: 23 %2012: 21.3 %2013: 21.3 %2014: 21.3 %2015: 21.3 %2016: 21.3 %2017: 21.3 %2018: 21.3 %2019: 21.3 %2020: 21.3 %2021: 19.7 %2022: 19.7 %2023: 19.8 %2024: 19.8 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202419.8 Estimated
202319.8 Estimated
202219.7 Estimated
202119.7 Estimated
202021.3 Estimated
201921.3 Estimated
201821.3 Estimated
201721.3 Estimated
201621.3 Estimated
201521.3 Estimated
201421.3 Estimated
201321.3 Estimated
201221.3 Estimated
201123 Estimated
201023 Estimated
200923.3 Estimated
200823.3 Estimated
200723.3 Estimated
200623.3 Estimated
200530 Estimated
200436.7 Estimated
200340 Estimated
200240 Estimated
200133.3 Estimated
200030 Estimated
199926.7 Estimated
199826.7 Estimated
199726.7 Estimated
199626.7 Estimated
199526.7 Estimated
199426.7 Estimated
199326.7 Estimated
199226.7 Estimated
199126.7 Estimated
199026.7 Estimated
198926.7 Estimated
198826.7 Estimated
198726.7 Estimated
198626.7 Estimated
198526.7 Estimated
198426.7 Estimated
198326.7 Estimated
198226.7 Estimated
198123.3 Estimated
198023.3 Estimated
197923.3 Estimated
197823.3 Estimated
197723.3 Estimated
197623.3 Estimated
197523.3 Estimated
197423.3 Estimated
197323.3 Estimated
197220 Estimated
197120 Estimated
197016.7 Estimated
196916.7 Estimated
196816.7 Estimated
196716.7 Estimated
196616.7 Estimated
196516.7 Estimated
196416.7 Estimated
196316.7 Estimated
196216.7 Estimated
196116.7 Estimated

Maldives compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Maldives is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Maldives, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Maldives, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/maldives. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Maldives, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/maldives.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Maldives, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/maldives (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in Maldives?

Agricultural land in the Maldives was 19.8% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 161st highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Maldives?

40% in 2002, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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