Maldives vs Malta: Agricultural land per capita
Maldives
0.0112 hectares per capita
in 2023
Malta
0.0156 hectares per capita
in 2023
Maldives rank
222nd
Malta rank
219th
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Maldives
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.0156 hectares per capita against 0.0112 hectares per capita in Maldives, a difference of 0.0044 hectares per capita.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.4 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malta ahead.
Maldives ranks 222nd and Malta ranks 219th of 226 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 5 and Malta in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0477 hectares per capita | 0.0461 hectares per capita | 0.0016 hectares per capita | Maldives |
| 1970s | 0.0467 hectares per capita | 0.0415 hectares per capita | 0.0052 hectares per capita | Maldives |
| 1980s | 0.0414 hectares per capita | 0.0369 hectares per capita | 0.0045 hectares per capita | Maldives |
| 1990s | 0.0318 hectares per capita | 0.0302 hectares per capita | 0.0016 hectares per capita | Maldives |
| 2000s | 0.0299 hectares per capita | 0.0233 hectares per capita | 0.0066 hectares per capita | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.0156 hectares per capita | 0.023 hectares per capita | 0.0075 hectares per capita | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.0117 hectares per capita | 0.0166 hectares per capita | 0.0049 hectares per capita | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Maldives or Malta?
- Malta, at 0.0156 hectares per capita against 0.0112 hectares per capita in Maldives as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Maldives and Malta?
- 0.0044 hectares per capita, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Malta?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Maldives and Malta rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Maldives ranks 222nd and Malta ranks 219th of 226 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Agricultural land is the sum of cropland and land used as pasture for grazing livestock.