Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate in Maldives

Maldives: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate was 0.0319 units per square kilometre in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.0319 units per square kilometre
Change on year
up 4.3%
World rank
96th
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.0319 units per square kilometre
in 2019
All-time low
0.0079 units per square kilometre
in 1994
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate in Maldives, 1990–2019

0.010.0150.020.0250.031990200420191990: 0.011 units per square kilometre1991: 0.01 units per square kilometre1992: 0.013 units per square kilometre1993: 0.009 units per square kilometre1994: 0.008 units per square kilometre1995: 0.009 units per square kilometre1996: 0.01 units per square kilometre1997: 0.012 units per square kilometre1998: 0.011 units per square kilometre1999: 0.014 units per square kilometre2000: 0.013 units per square kilometre2001: 0.013 units per square kilometre2002: 0.018 units per square kilometre2003: 0.015 units per square kilometre2004: 0.02 units per square kilometre2005: 0.018 units per square kilometre2006: 0.023 units per square kilometre2007: 0.023 units per square kilometre2008: 0.021 units per square kilometre2009: 0.021 units per square kilometre2010: 0.022 units per square kilometre2011: 0.021 units per square kilometre2012: 0.024 units per square kilometre2013: 0.021 units per square kilometre2014: 0.024 units per square kilometre2015: 0.023 units per square kilometre2016: 0.028 units per square kilometre2017: 0.027 units per square kilometre2018: 0.031 units per square kilometre2019: 0.032 units per square kilometre

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.

Analysis

Maldives recorded 0.0319 units per square kilometre for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate in 2019. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 49.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate in Maldives peaked at 0.0319 units per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0079 units per square kilometre, in 1994.

Maldives ranks 96th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate in Maldives, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate emissions, per square kilometre in Maldives, 1990 to 2019.
Year units per square kilometre Change
1990 0.0113 units per square kilometre
1991 0.0102 units per square kilometre -9.5%
1992 0.0133 units per square kilometre +30.7%
1993 0.0094 units per square kilometre -29.6%
1994 0.0079 units per square kilometre -16.1%
1995 0.0095 units per square kilometre +20.5%
1996 0.0099 units per square kilometre +4.4%
1997 0.0119 units per square kilometre +20.2%
1998 0.0105 units per square kilometre -11.7%
1999 0.0143 units per square kilometre +36.4%
2000 0.0127 units per square kilometre -11.5%
2001 0.0135 units per square kilometre +6.5%
2002 0.0184 units per square kilometre +36.5%
2003 0.0153 units per square kilometre -16.8%
2004 0.0201 units per square kilometre +31.4%
2005 0.0182 units per square kilometre -9.4%
2006 0.023 units per square kilometre +26.1%
2007 0.0225 units per square kilometre -2.2%
2008 0.0213 units per square kilometre -5.3%
2009 0.0213 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2010 0.0219 units per square kilometre +2.7%
2011 0.0213 units per square kilometre -2.7%
2012 0.024 units per square kilometre +12.4%
2013 0.0215 units per square kilometre -10.4%
2014 0.0244 units per square kilometre +13.8%
2015 0.0232 units per square kilometre -5.1%
2016 0.0283 units per square kilometre +21.8%
2017 0.0266 units per square kilometre -6.0%
2018 0.0306 units per square kilometre +15.0%
2019 0.0319 units per square kilometre +4.3%

Maldives compared with similar countries

  • Maldives's 0.0319 units per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0326 units per square kilometre, 98% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Maldives's 0.0319 units per square kilometre is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.1161 units per square kilometre, 27% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0108 units per square kilometre 0.0079 units per square kilometre 0.0143 units per square kilometre 10
2000s 0.0186 units per square kilometre 0.0127 units per square kilometre 0.023 units per square kilometre 10
2010s 0.0254 units per square kilometre 0.0213 units per square kilometre 0.0319 units per square kilometre 10

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 93 North Korea 0.0333 units per square kilometre compare
  2. 94 Israel 0.0325 units per square kilometre compare
  3. 95 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0321 units per square kilometre compare
  4. 97 Vanuatu 0.0319 units per square kilometre compare
  5. 98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0316 units per square kilometre compare
  6. 99 Togo 0.0313 units per square kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate in Maldives?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate in Maldives was 0.0319 units per square kilometre in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate recorded in Maldives?
The highest recorded value was 0.0319 units per square kilometre in 2019.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate recorded in Maldives?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0079 units per square kilometre in 1994.
How does Maldives rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate?
Maldives ranks 96th out of 208 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate rising or falling in Maldives?
Over the last ten years it is up 49.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Maldives data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate emissions, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate emissions, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
209 places, 6,088 data points, 1990–2019
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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate emissions divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.