Barley — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Barley — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in Malta stood at 0 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Malta peaked at 1,509 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2018.
Malta ranks 101st of 105 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,480 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,480 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,498 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 1,401 ha | -6.5% |
| 1965 | 1,240 ha | -11.5% |
| 1966 | 1,509 ha | +21.7% |
| 1967 | 1,483 ha | -1.7% |
| 1968 | 1,459 ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 1,335 ha | -8.5% |
| 1970 | 1,223 ha | -8.4% |
| 1971 | 1,077 ha | -11.9% |
| 1972 | 1,006 ha | -6.6% |
| 1973 | 894 ha | -11.1% |
| 1974 | 1,022 ha | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 1,082 ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 1,043 ha | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 935 ha | -10.4% |
| 1978 | 898 ha | -4.0% |
| 1979 | 1,039 ha | +15.7% |
| 1980 | 1,118 ha | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 1,102 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 1,006 ha | -8.7% |
| 1983 | 943 ha | -6.3% |
| 1984 | 1,150 ha | +22.0% |
| 1985 | 1,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,100 ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,300 ha | +18.2% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1990 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 800 ha | -27.3% |
| 1992 | 779 ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 700 ha | -10.1% |
| 1994 | 600 ha | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 550 ha | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 900 ha | +63.6% |
| 1997 | 500 ha | -44.4% |
| 1998 | 525 ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 542 ha | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 542 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 550 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 510 ha | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 540 ha | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 576 ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 550 ha | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 520 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 518 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 510 ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 510 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 510 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 525 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 522 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 520 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 522 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 ha | — |
| 2020 | 0 ha | — |
| 2021 | 0 ha | — |
| 2022 | 0 ha | — |
| 2023 | 0 ha | — |
| 2024 | 0 ha | — |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 0 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 120,900 ha. (40 countries reporting)
- Malta's 0 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25,000 ha. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Area harvested in Malta changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -100.0% | 522 ha | 0 ha |
| 1996 | +63.6% | 550 ha | 900 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,432 ha | 1,240 ha | 1,509 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,022 ha | 894 ha | 1,223 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,097 ha | 943 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 699.6 ha | 500 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 533.8 ha | 500 ha | 576 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 413.7 ha | 0 ha | 525 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 98 Bangladesh 160 ha compare
- 99 Qatar 26 ha compare
- 100 Guatemala 8 ha compare
- 101 China, Taiwan Province of 0 ha compare
- 101 Myanmar 0 ha compare
- 101 Rwanda 0 ha compare
- 101 Sudan (former) 0 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malta
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 224.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0432 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Malta?
- Barley — area harvested in Malta was 0 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1,509 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2018.
- How does Malta rank for barley — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 101st out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.