Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Maldives
Maldives: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square was 0.0436 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Maldives, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in metric tons per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Maldives is 0.0436 metric tons per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% on the previous year and up 554.4% over five years.
Over the whole period, seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Maldives peaked at 0.0436 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 metric tons per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Maldives 108th out of 215 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Maldives, year by year
| Year | metric tons per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1963 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1964 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1965 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1966 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1967 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1968 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1969 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1970 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1972 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1973 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1974 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1975 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1976 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1977 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1978 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1979 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1980 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1981 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1982 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1983 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1984 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1985 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1986 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1987 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1988 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1989 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1990 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1993 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1994 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1995 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1996 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1997 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1998 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1999 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2000 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2001 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2002 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2003 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2004 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2005 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2006 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2007 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2008 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2009 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2010 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2011 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2012 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2013 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2014 | 0.0133 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2015 | 0.0133 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0133 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0133 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0067 metric tons per square kilometre | -50.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0167 metric tons per square kilometre | +150.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0233 metric tons per square kilometre | +40.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0267 metric tons per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 2022 | 0.04 metric tons per square kilometre | +50.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0436 metric tons per square kilometre | +9.1% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.0436 metric tons per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0754 metric tons per square kilometre, 58% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 0.0436 metric tons per square kilometre is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.8156 metric tons per square kilometre, 5% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0077 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0167 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0334 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0233 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0436 metric tons per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 105 Finland 0.0499 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 106 Romania 0.049 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 107 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0455 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 109 Iraq 0.0422 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 110 Azerbaijan 0.0417 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 111 Belarus 0.0366 metric tons per square kilometre compare
More reference data data for Maldives
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0004 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Maldives?
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Maldives was 0.0436 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0436 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 metric tons per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Maldives rank for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square?
- Maldives ranks 108th out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture 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.
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture 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.