Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 571 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — area harvested in Malta stood at 571 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 82.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Malta peaked at 3,699 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 571 ha, in 2024.
Malta ranks 183rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,515 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,380 ha | -8.9% |
| 1963 | 1,478 ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 1,486 ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 1,416 ha | -4.7% |
| 1966 | 1,456 ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 1,334 ha | -8.4% |
| 1968 | 1,375 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 1,277 ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 1,310 ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 1,347 ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 1,326 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 1,294 ha | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 1,356 ha | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 1,365 ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 1,377 ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 1,384 ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 1,371 ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 1,392 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 1,360 ha | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 1,343 ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 1,117 ha | -16.8% |
| 1983 | 1,220 ha | +9.2% |
| 1984 | 1,224 ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 2,795 ha | +128.3% |
| 1986 | 2,810 ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 2,635 ha | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 2,520 ha | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 2,515 ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 2,421 ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 2,410 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 2,648 ha | +9.9% |
| 1993 | 2,629 ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 2,989 ha | +13.7% |
| 1995 | 3,485 ha | +16.6% |
| 1996 | 2,586 ha | -25.8% |
| 1997 | 1,929 ha | -25.4% |
| 1998 | 1,945 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 1,770 ha | -9.0% |
| 2000 | 1,876 ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 1,773 ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 1,539 ha | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 1,637 ha | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 2,021 ha | +23.5% |
| 2005 | 1,768 ha | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 3,143 ha | +77.8% |
| 2007 | 1,923 ha | -38.8% |
| 2008 | 2,895 ha | +50.5% |
| 2009 | 2,749 ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 2,620 ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 2,856 ha | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 3,115 ha | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 3,087 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 3,259 ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 3,699 ha | +13.5% |
| 2016 | 2,892 ha | -21.8% |
| 2017 | 3,045 ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 585 ha | -80.8% |
| 2019 | 593 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 609 ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 621 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 611 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 579 ha | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 571 ha | -1.4% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 571 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 19,080 ha, 3% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Malta's 571 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 71,505 ha, 1% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +128.3% | 1,224 ha | 2,795 ha |
| 2018 | -80.8% | 3,045 ha | 585 ha |
| 2006 | +77.8% | 1,768 ha | 3,143 ha |
| 2008 | +50.5% | 1,923 ha | 2,895 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,413 ha | 1,277 ha | 1,515 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,352 ha | 1,294 ha | 1,392 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,954 ha | 1,117 ha | 2,810 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,481 ha | 1,770 ha | 3,485 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,132 ha | 1,539 ha | 3,143 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,575 ha | 585 ha | 3,699 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 598.2 ha | 571 ha | 621 ha | 5 |
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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 fruit primary — area harvested in Malta?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Malta was 571 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 3,699 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 571 ha in 2024.
- How does Malta rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 183rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 82.5%. 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 Fruit 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.