Green garlic — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Green garlic — Area harvested was 43 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Green garlic — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for green garlic — area harvested in Malta is 43 ha, measured in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 27.1% on the previous year and down 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green garlic — area harvested in Malta peaked at 545 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 43 ha, in 2017.
Malta ranks 95th of 102 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Green garlic — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 180 ha | — |
| 1962 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 250 ha | +38.9% |
| 1964 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 310 ha | +24.0% |
| 1966 | 375 ha | +21.0% |
| 1967 | 545 ha | +45.3% |
| 1968 | 274 ha | -49.7% |
| 1969 | 410 ha | +49.6% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | -26.8% |
| 1971 | 370 ha | +23.3% |
| 1972 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 300 ha | -18.9% |
| 1974 | 340 ha | +13.3% |
| 1975 | 400 ha | +17.6% |
| 1976 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 370 ha | -7.5% |
| 1978 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 375 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 375 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 355 ha | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 380 ha | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 312 ha | -17.9% |
| 1994 | 285 ha | -8.7% |
| 1995 | 237 ha | -16.8% |
| 1996 | 200 ha | -15.6% |
| 1997 | 199 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 193 ha | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 214 ha | +10.9% |
| 2000 | 212 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 150 ha | -29.2% |
| 2002 | 87 ha | -42.0% |
| 2003 | 87 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 70 ha | -19.5% |
| 2005 | 74 ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 80 ha | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 70 ha | -12.5% |
| 2008 | 75 ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 80 ha | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 67 ha | -16.2% |
| 2011 | 69 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 78 ha | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 94 ha | +20.5% |
| 2014 | 78 ha | -17.0% |
| 2015 | 76 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 59 ha | -22.4% |
| 2017 | 43 ha | -27.1% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 43 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 331 ha, 13% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Malta's 43 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 462 ha, 9% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 308.22 ha | 180 ha | 545 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 359 ha | 300 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 370.5 ha | 370 ha | 375 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 275 ha | 193 ha | 380 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 98.5 ha | 70 ha | 212 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 70.5 ha | 43 ha | 94 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 green garlic — area harvested in Malta?
- Green garlic — area harvested in Malta was 43 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green garlic — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 545 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest green garlic — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 43 ha in 2017.
- How does Malta rank for green garlic — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 95th out of 102 countries with data for 2017.
- Is green garlic — area harvested rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.6%. 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 Green garlic — 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.