Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 47 ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Malta, 1998–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malta recorded 47 ha for carrots and turnips — area harvested in 2017.
The figure is down 23.0% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Malta peaked at 70 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 35 ha, in 2005.
That places Malta 118th out of 133 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 65 ha | — |
| 1999 | 63 ha | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 65 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 66 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 70 ha | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 60 ha | -14.3% |
| 2004 | 58 ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 35 ha | -39.7% |
| 2006 | 40 ha | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 40 ha | -20.0% |
| 2009 | 38 ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 51 ha | +34.2% |
| 2011 | 51 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 40 ha | -21.6% |
| 2013 | 53 ha | +32.5% |
| 2014 | 50 ha | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 52 ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 61 ha | +17.3% |
| 2017 | 47 ha | -23.0% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 47 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 910 ha, 5% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Malta's 47 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 699 ha, 7% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64 ha | 63 ha | 65 ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 52.2 ha | 35 ha | 70 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.62 ha | 40 ha | 61 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 115 Belize 52 ha compare
- 116 Guadeloupe 51 ha compare
- 117 Cyprus 50 ha compare
- 119 Luxembourg 40 ha compare
- 120 French Polynesia 39 ha compare
- 121 United Arab Emirates 38 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Malta?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Malta was 47 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 70 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 ha in 2005.
- How does Malta rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 118th out of 133 countries with data for 2017.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — 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.