Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 325 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Malta stood at 325 ha.
That represents a change of down 10.7% on the previous year and down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Malta peaked at 450 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 163 ha, in 1982.
That places Malta 61st out of 97 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 335 ha | — |
| 1962 | 295 ha | -11.9% |
| 1963 | 305 ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 307 ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 267 ha | -13.0% |
| 1966 | 288 ha | +7.9% |
| 1967 | 269 ha | -6.6% |
| 1968 | 252 ha | -6.3% |
| 1969 | 274 ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 220 ha | -19.7% |
| 1971 | 210 ha | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 200 ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 208 ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 203 ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 202 ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 208 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 227 ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 195 ha | -14.1% |
| 1980 | 190 ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 171 ha | -10.0% |
| 1982 | 163 ha | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 175 ha | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 180 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 185 ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 186 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 188 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 190 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 229 ha | +20.5% |
| 1994 | 279 ha | +21.8% |
| 1995 | 323 ha | +15.8% |
| 1996 | 400 ha | +23.8% |
| 1997 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 400 ha | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 400 ha | -11.1% |
| 2001 | 230 ha | -42.5% |
| 2002 | 195 ha | -15.2% |
| 2003 | 195 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 300 ha | +53.8% |
| 2005 | 330 ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 350 ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 370 ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 333 ha | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 291 ha | -12.6% |
| 2010 | 339 ha | +16.5% |
| 2011 | 370 ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 304 ha | -17.8% |
| 2013 | 353 ha | +16.1% |
| 2014 | 356 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 309 ha | -13.2% |
| 2016 | 364 ha | +17.8% |
| 2017 | 325 ha | -10.7% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 325 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 490 ha, 66% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Malta's 325 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 934.5 ha, 35% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 288 ha | 252 ha | 335 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 207.3 ha | 195 ha | 227 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 178.4 ha | 163 ha | 190 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 309.5 ha | 186 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 299.4 ha | 195 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 340 ha | 304 ha | 370 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malta
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 cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Malta?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Malta was 325 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 450 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 163 ha in 1982.
- How does Malta rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 61st out of 97 countries with data for 2017.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.