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.
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 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Maldives
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.57 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 23.6% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.309 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0722 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0722 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0785 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.6% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2856 (2023)
- Population living in slums 34.8% (2022)
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.