Fertiliser use in Maldives

Farmers in Maldives used 70.5 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 2002 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Maldives, 2024 70.5 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 −25.5% 2023: 94.6 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Maldives (2024).
Position in 2024 107th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Maldives over time

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Kilograms per hectare of arable land. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land (kilograms per hectare of arable land), 2000 to 2024
Period MaldivesWorld
2024 70.5 kg per hectare –
2023 94.6 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 65.6 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 109.7 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 90.5 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 71.3 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 114.9 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 112.6 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 93.8 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 60.8 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 60.3 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 193.1 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 134.4 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 36.7 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 94.4 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 131.3 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 22.3 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 87.3 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 117.7 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 29.7 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 10.3 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 8.0 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 6.0 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 – 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 – 101.1 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −25.5% from 94.6 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 60.3 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +17.0%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Maldives has the 107th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.CON.FERT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2002 to 2024 for Maldives
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)