Cabbages — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Cabbages — Area harvested was 263 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Cabbages — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cabbages — area harvested in Malta is 263 ha, measured in 2017.
The figure is down 8.7% on the previous year and up 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Malta peaked at 302 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 70 ha, in 1994.
Malta ranks 115th of 148 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 110 ha | -26.7% |
| 1963 | 112 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 125 ha | +11.6% |
| 1965 | 123 ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 122 ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 89 ha | -27.0% |
| 1968 | 93 ha | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 98 ha | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 83 ha | -15.3% |
| 1971 | 77 ha | -7.2% |
| 1972 | 76 ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 72 ha | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 79 ha | +9.7% |
| 1975 | 78 ha | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 90 ha | +15.4% |
| 1977 | 95 ha | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 85 ha | -10.5% |
| 1979 | 81 ha | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 89 ha | +9.9% |
| 1981 | 80 ha | -10.1% |
| 1982 | 75 ha | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 84 ha | +12.0% |
| 1984 | 98 ha | +16.7% |
| 1985 | 96 ha | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 95 ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 97 ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 100 ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 95 ha | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 89 ha | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 88 ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 90 ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 70 ha | -22.2% |
| 1995 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 100 ha | +42.9% |
| 1997 | 220 ha | +120.0% |
| 1998 | 226 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 250 ha | +10.6% |
| 2000 | 240 ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 200 ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 193 ha | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 187 ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 240 ha | +28.3% |
| 2005 | 220 ha | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 210 ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 210 ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 223 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 246 ha | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 243 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 282 ha | +16.0% |
| 2014 | 302 ha | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 289 ha | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 288 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 263 ha | -8.7% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 263 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 875.5 ha, 30% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Malta's 263 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 856 ha, 31% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +120.0% | 100 ha | 220 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113.56 ha | 89 ha | 150 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 81.6 ha | 72 ha | 95 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 90.9 ha | 75 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 129.8 ha | 70 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 214 ha | 187 ha | 240 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 267 ha | 223 ha | 302 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 112 Botswana 322 ha
- 112 Guadeloupe 322 ha compare
- 114 Slovakia 290 ha compare
- 116 Montenegro 209 ha compare
- 117 French Guiana 190 ha compare
- 118 Namibia 186 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 cabbages — area harvested in Malta?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Malta was 263 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 302 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 70 ha in 1994.
- How does Malta rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 115th out of 148 countries with data for 2017.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.2%. 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 Cabbages — 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.