Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Maldives
Maldives: Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre was 0.0054 kt per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Maldives, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kt per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for solid food waste — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in Maldives is 0.0054 kt per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, solid food waste — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in Maldives peaked at 0.0054 kt per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0045 kt per square kilometre, in 1990.
Maldives ranks 9th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Maldives, year by year
| Year | kt per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0045 kt per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.0045 kt per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0046 kt per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0046 kt per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0046 kt per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0047 kt per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0047 kt per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0047 kt per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0047 kt per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0048 kt per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0048 kt per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0048 kt per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0049 kt per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0049 kt per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0049 kt per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0049 kt per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.005 kt per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.005 kt per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0051 kt per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0051 kt per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0051 kt per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0051 kt per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0052 kt per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0052 kt per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0052 kt per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0052 kt per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0052 kt per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0054 kt per square kilometre | +1.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.0054 kt per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0004 kt per square kilometre, 12.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 0.0054 kt per square kilometre is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.0013 kt per square kilometre, 4.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0046 kt per square kilometre | 0.0045 kt per square kilometre | 0.0048 kt per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0049 kt per square kilometre | 0.0048 kt per square kilometre | 0.0051 kt per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0052 kt per square kilometre | 0.0051 kt per square kilometre | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | 0.0054 kt per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 6 Barbados 0.0113 kt per square kilometre compare
- 7 Cayman Islands 0.0061 kt per square kilometre compare
- 8 Palestine 0.0058 kt per square kilometre compare
- 10 Channel Islands 0.005 kt per square kilometre compare
- 11 Lebanon 0.0047 kt per square kilometre compare
- 12 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0043 kt per square kilometre compare
More climate change data for Maldives
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 207,727 kg (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.17 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1.17 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0.0028 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0044 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0001 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.14 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1.14 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions 0.0043 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions 0.0033 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is solid food waste — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in Maldives?
- Solid food waste — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in Maldives was 0.0054 kt per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest solid food waste — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0054 kt per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest solid food waste — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0045 kt per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does Maldives rank for solid food waste — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre?
- Maldives ranks 9th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is solid food waste — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. 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 Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) 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.
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Solid Food Waste — Emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) 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.