Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Maldives
Maldives: Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty was 2,442 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Maldives, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 2,442 kg per hectare for cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Maldives peaked at 2,528 kg per hectare in 2013 and was at its lowest, 999.9 kg per hectare, in 1994.
That places Maldives 106th out of 180 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Maldives, year by year
| Year | kg per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,000 kg per hectare | — |
| 1991 | 1,000 kg per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,000 kg per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,000 kg per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 999.9 kg per hectare | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,000 kg per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,000 kg per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,217 kg per hectare | +21.7% |
| 1998 | 1,227 kg per hectare | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 1,350 kg per hectare | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 1,477 kg per hectare | +9.3% |
| 2001 | 1,622 kg per hectare | +9.9% |
| 2002 | 1,671 kg per hectare | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 1,502 kg per hectare | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 1,970 kg per hectare | +31.1% |
| 2005 | 1,765 kg per hectare | -10.4% |
| 2006 | 1,929 kg per hectare | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 1,959 kg per hectare | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 2,079 kg per hectare | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 2,142 kg per hectare | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 2,247 kg per hectare | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 2,372 kg per hectare | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 2,494 kg per hectare | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 2,528 kg per hectare | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 2,309 kg per hectare | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 2,280 kg per hectare | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 2,468 kg per hectare | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 2,392 kg per hectare | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 2,469 kg per hectare | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 2,431 kg per hectare | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 2,408 kg per hectare | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 2,443 kg per hectare | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 2,430 kg per hectare | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,432 kg per hectare | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,442 kg per hectare | +0.4% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 2,442 kg per hectare is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,431 kg per hectare, 71% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 2,442 kg per hectare is below the median for South Asia, which is 3,592 kg per hectare, 68% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +31.1% | 1,502 kg per hectare | 1,970 kg per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,079 kg per hectare | 999.9 kg per hectare | 1,350 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,812 kg per hectare | 1,477 kg per hectare | 2,142 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,399 kg per hectare | 2,247 kg per hectare | 2,528 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,431 kg per hectare | 2,408 kg per hectare | 2,443 kg per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More poverty & inequality data for Maldives
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.57 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.3782 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 23.61 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 23.6% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 15.57 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Maldives?
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Maldives was 2,442 kg per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 2,528 kg per hectare in 2013.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 999.9 kg per hectare in 1994.
- How does Maldives rank for cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty?
- Maldives ranks 106th out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Extreme poverty is defined as living below the International Poverty Line of $3 per day. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.