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How have things changed?, per capita in Maldives

Maldives: How have things changed?, per capita was 0.2035 metric tons per person in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.2035 metric tons per person
Change on year
down 33.4%
World rank
12th
of 215 countries
All-time high
0.6079 metric tons per person
in 2005
All-time low
0.1883 metric tons per person
in 1965
Years of data
60
1965–2024

How have things changed?, per capita in Maldives, 1965–2024

0.20.30.40.50.6196519942024

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in metric tons per person.

Analysis

The most recent figure for how have things changed?, per capita in Maldives is 0.2035 metric tons per person, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 33.4% on the previous year and down 34.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, how have things changed?, per capita in Maldives peaked at 0.6079 metric tons per person in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.1883 metric tons per person, in 1965.

That places Maldives 12th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 60 years of available data.

How have things changed?, per capita in Maldives, year by year

Year metric tons per person Change
1965 0.1883 metric tons per person —
1966 0.2064 metric tons per person +9.6%
1967 0.2231 metric tons per person +8.0%
1968 0.2042 metric tons per person -8.5%
1969 0.2701 metric tons per person +32.3%
1970 0.3025 metric tons per person +12.0%
1971 0.2769 metric tons per person -8.5%
1972 0.2464 metric tons per person -11.0%
1973 0.2646 metric tons per person +7.4%
1974 0.2681 metric tons per person +1.3%
1975 0.1979 metric tons per person -26.2%
1976 0.2348 metric tons per person +18.7%
1977 0.1951 metric tons per person -16.9%
1978 0.2034 metric tons per person +4.3%
1979 0.1944 metric tons per person -4.4%
1980 0.2343 metric tons per person +20.5%
1981 0.2413 metric tons per person +3.0%
1982 0.217 metric tons per person -10.1%
1983 0.2462 metric tons per person +13.5%
1984 0.3045 metric tons per person +23.6%
1985 0.3264 metric tons per person +7.2%
1986 0.3045 metric tons per person -6.7%
1987 0.2869 metric tons per person -5.8%
1988 0.3442 metric tons per person +20.0%
1989 0.331 metric tons per person -3.8%
1990 0.3569 metric tons per person +7.8%
1991 0.3517 metric tons per person -1.5%
1992 0.3454 metric tons per person -1.8%
1993 0.3682 metric tons per person +6.6%
1994 0.4156 metric tons per person +12.9%
1995 0.4082 metric tons per person -1.8%
1996 0.4035 metric tons per person -1.2%
1997 0.4046 metric tons per person +0.3%
1998 0.4337 metric tons per person +7.2%
1999 0.4478 metric tons per person +3.2%
2000 0.4233 metric tons per person -5.5%
2001 0.4451 metric tons per person +5.2%
2002 0.5616 metric tons per person +26.2%
2003 0.5266 metric tons per person -6.2%
2004 0.5259 metric tons per person -0.1%
2005 0.6079 metric tons per person +15.6%
2006 0.592 metric tons per person -2.6%
2007 0.4454 metric tons per person -24.8%
2008 0.3981 metric tons per person -10.6%
2009 0.3361 metric tons per person -15.6%
2010 0.3404 metric tons per person +1.3%
2011 0.3234 metric tons per person -5.0%
2012 0.3102 metric tons per person -4.1%
2013 0.3256 metric tons per person +4.9%
2014 0.3111 metric tons per person -4.5%
2015 0.2974 metric tons per person -4.4%
2016 0.292 metric tons per person -1.8%
2017 0.3106 metric tons per person +6.4%
2018 0.3192 metric tons per person +2.7%
2019 0.2769 metric tons per person -13.2%
2020 0.2959 metric tons per person +6.8%
2021 0.2809 metric tons per person -5.1%
2022 0.2962 metric tons per person +5.4%
2023 0.3055 metric tons per person +3.2%
2024 0.2035 metric tons per person -33.4%

Maldives compared with similar countries

  • Maldives's 0.2035 metric tons per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0109 metric tons per person, 18.7× the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Maldives's 0.2035 metric tons per person is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.0158 metric tons per person, 12.9× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.2184 metric tons per person 0.1883 metric tons per person 0.2701 metric tons per person 5
1970s 0.2384 metric tons per person 0.1944 metric tons per person 0.3025 metric tons per person 10
1980s 0.2836 metric tons per person 0.217 metric tons per person 0.3442 metric tons per person 10
1990s 0.3935 metric tons per person 0.3454 metric tons per person 0.4478 metric tons per person 10
2000s 0.4862 metric tons per person 0.3361 metric tons per person 0.6079 metric tons per person 10
2010s 0.3107 metric tons per person 0.2769 metric tons per person 0.3404 metric tons per person 10
2020s 0.2764 metric tons per person 0.2035 metric tons per person 0.3055 metric tons per person 5

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 9 Seychelles 1.12 metric tons per person compare
  2. 10 Norway 0.7172 metric tons per person compare
  3. 11 Belize 0.5016 metric tons per person compare
  4. 13 Chile 0.1998 metric tons per person compare
  5. 14 Peru 0.1719 metric tons per person compare
  6. 15 Oman 0.1387 metric tons per person compare

See the full ranking of 215 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is how have things changed?, per capita in Maldives?
How have things changed?, per capita in Maldives was 0.2035 metric tons per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest how have things changed?, per capita recorded in Maldives?
The highest recorded value was 0.6079 metric tons per person in 2005.
What is the lowest how have things changed?, per capita recorded in Maldives?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1883 metric tons per person in 1965.
How does Maldives rank for how have things changed?, per capita?
Maldives ranks 12th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
Is how have things changed?, per capita rising or falling in Maldives?
Over the last ten years it is down 34.6%. 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 How have things changed?, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
How have things changed?, per capita
Unit
metric tons per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 11,930 data points, 1965–2024
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How have things changed? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.