Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — 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, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Malta peaked at 800 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2018.
That places Malta 95th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 317 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 ha | +26.2% |
| 1963 | 394 ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 403 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 364 ha | -9.7% |
| 1966 | 404 ha | +11.0% |
| 1967 | 323 ha | -20.0% |
| 1968 | 364 ha | +12.7% |
| 1969 | 307 ha | -15.7% |
| 1970 | 306 ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 371 ha | +21.2% |
| 1972 | 338 ha | -8.9% |
| 1973 | 356 ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 361 ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 339 ha | -6.1% |
| 1976 | 406 ha | +19.8% |
| 1977 | 430 ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 407 ha | -5.3% |
| 1979 | 439 ha | +7.9% |
| 1980 | 414 ha | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 426 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 551 ha | +29.3% |
| 1983 | 466 ha | -15.4% |
| 1984 | 490 ha | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 500 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 471 ha | -5.8% |
| 1991 | 131 ha | -72.2% |
| 1992 | 199 ha | +51.9% |
| 1993 | 264 ha | +32.7% |
| 1994 | 338 ha | +28.0% |
| 1995 | 398 ha | +17.8% |
| 1996 | 500 ha | +25.6% |
| 1997 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1998 | 800 ha | +33.3% |
| 1999 | 600 ha | -25.0% |
| 2000 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 2001 | 500 ha | -28.6% |
| 2002 | 250 ha | -50.0% |
| 2003 | 258 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 266 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 248 ha | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 200 ha | -19.4% |
| 2007 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 200 ha | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 190 ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 140 ha | -26.3% |
| 2011 | 185 ha | +32.1% |
| 2012 | 175 ha | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 170 ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 166 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 142 ha | -14.5% |
| 2016 | 121 ha | -14.8% |
| 2017 | 137 ha | +13.2% |
| 2018 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 ha | — |
| 2020 | 0 ha | — |
| 2021 | 0 ha | — |
| 2022 | 0 ha | — |
| 2023 | 0 ha | — |
| 2024 | 0 ha | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 364 ha | 307 ha | 404 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 375.3 ha | 306 ha | 439 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 483.7 ha | 414 ha | 551 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 430.1 ha | 131 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 302.2 ha | 190 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 123.6 ha | 0 ha | 185 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Malta?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Malta was 0 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 800 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2018.
- How does Malta rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 95th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — 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 Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.