Environment in Maldives

1,094 indicators covering environment for Maldives.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0 t per square kilometre 2023 167th
Carbon intensity of GDP 0.1548 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 2024 down 45.2% 67th
Wood charcoal — Production, per square kilometre 3.18 t per square kilometre 2023 up 16.8% 16th
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita 0.6 kg/cap 2024 up 122.2% 61st
Other fibreboard — Export quantity 0 m3 2024 126th
Other fibreboard — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 125th
Wood charcoal — Import quantity 606 t 2024 up 83.6% 102nd
Wood charcoal — Import value 417 1000 USD 2024 up 52.2% 99th
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland 23.67 kg/ha 2024 up 15.4% 7th
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity 575.77 t 2024 up 66.6% 170th
Pesticides (total) — Export quantity 0.0067 t 2024 down 86.6% 202nd
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 401.8% 2024 up 74.6% 4th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1,889.8% 2024 down 14.8% 8th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 529.2% 2024 down 21.5% 5th
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1,450.7% 2024 down 11.8% 3rd
Coal rents 0.0% 2021 71st
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 317 t 2024 up 185.6% 137th
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 168 t 2024 up 166.7% 108th
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 119 t 2024 up 271.9% 112th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per square 0 t per square kilometre 2023 97th
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 3 t 2024 up 50.0% 174th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 0 t 2024 58th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 23 t 2024 up 475.0% 27th
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 3 t 2024 down 62.5% 81st
Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 1 t 2024 down 50.0% 97th
Forest land — Share in Land area 12.48 % 2024 up 0.6% 184th
Other land — Area 20.18 1000 ha 2024 up 1.5% 215th
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 10.32 g/Int$ 2024 unchanged 1st
Solid biofuels — Energy production 154.38 TJ 2024 up 5.3% 167th
Fuelwood — Energy production 154.38 TJ 2024 up 5.3% 161st
Veneer sheets — Production 0 m3 2024 134th
Recovered paper — Export value 17 1000 USD 2024 up 21.4% 174th
Recovered paper — Export quantity 300 t 2024 up 71.4% 158th
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 154.38 TJ 2024 up 5.3% 169th
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 139.47 TJ 2024 up 0.3% 172nd
Municipal water withdrawal 5.60 million cubic meters 2023 unchanged 181st
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 111.45 TJ 2024 up 5.6% 159th
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 139.47 TJ 2024 up 0.3% 174th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 267 t 2024 up 50.8% 179th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 709 1000 USD 2024 up 120.2% 167th
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 11.16 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 12.6% 146th
Charcoal — Energy production 28.02 TJ 2024 up 14.0% 116th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 603 m3 2024 down 3.1% 67th
Wood fuel — Import value 209 1000 USD 2024 up 1.5% 68th
Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 8.2 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 172nd
Land use hidden — Forest 8.2 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 185th
Land use hidden — Planted Forest 0 Square kilometres 2023 155th
Wood residues — Import quantity 8 m3 2024 up 60.0% 142nd
Wood residues — Import value 13 1000 USD 2024 up 225.0% 113th
Charcoal — Energy consumption 28.02 TJ 2024 down 16.4% 136th
Annual freshwater withdrawals 4.70 million billion cubic meters 2022 unchanged 180th
Wood residues — Export quantity 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 132nd
Wood residues — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 130th
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of 15.67 2022 unchanged 76th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity 9,741 m3 2024 up 461.8% 64th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import value 92 1000 USD 2024 down 79.2% 131st
Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal 1,220 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 2022 up 66.4% 4th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Waste 0.0039 Mt CO2e 2024 up 30.0% 47th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Import quantity 32 m3 2024 down 65.6% 182nd
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Import value 58 1000 USD 2024 up 1.8% 152nd