Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — area harvested in Malta stood at 0 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Malta peaked at 3,699 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2018.
Malta ranks 175th of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,649 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,699 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 3,513 ha | -5.0% |
| 1964 | 3,434 ha | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 2,966 ha | -13.6% |
| 1966 | 3,254 ha | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 3,211 ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 2,980 ha | -7.2% |
| 1969 | 2,715 ha | -8.9% |
| 1970 | 2,559 ha | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 2,257 ha | -11.8% |
| 1972 | 2,095 ha | -7.2% |
| 1973 | 1,850 ha | -11.7% |
| 1974 | 2,018 ha | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 2,167 ha | +7.4% |
| 1976 | 2,202 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 1,954 ha | -11.3% |
| 1978 | 1,983 ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 2,304 ha | +16.2% |
| 1980 | 2,406 ha | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 2,381 ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 2,850 ha | +19.7% |
| 1983 | 2,932 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 2,562 ha | -12.6% |
| 1985 | 2,518 ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 2,442 ha | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 2,444 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 2,645 ha | +8.2% |
| 1989 | 2,346 ha | -11.3% |
| 1990 | 2,378 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 2,200 ha | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 2,379 ha | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 2,700 ha | +13.5% |
| 1994 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 2,950 ha | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 2,000 ha | -32.2% |
| 1997 | 2,700 ha | +35.0% |
| 1998 | 2,823 ha | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 2,788 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 2,923 ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 2,950 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 2,510 ha | -14.9% |
| 2003 | 2,940 ha | +17.1% |
| 2004 | 3,001 ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 3,011 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 3,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 3,350 ha | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 3,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 3,320 ha | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 3,234 ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 3,125 ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 3,076 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 2,993 ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 2,892 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 2,525 ha | -12.7% |
| 2016 | 2,647 ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 2,989 ha | +12.9% |
| 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 280,960 ha. (50 countries reporting)
- Malta's 0 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 148,486 ha. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — 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% | 2,989 ha | 0 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,269 ha | 2,715 ha | 3,699 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,139 ha | 1,850 ha | 2,559 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,553 ha | 2,346 ha | 2,932 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,572 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,950 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,060 ha | 2,510 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,348 ha | 0 ha | 3,234 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 172 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32 ha compare
- 173 Antigua and Barbuda 26 ha compare
- 174 Djibouti 9 ha compare
- 175 Barbados 0 ha compare
- 175 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 ha compare
- 175 Saint Lucia 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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Malta?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Malta was 0 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 3,699 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2018.
- How does Malta rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 175th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — 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 falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.