Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Malta, 1998–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Malta stood at 0 ha. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Malta peaked at 244 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2018.
That places Malta 105th out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 160 ha | — |
| 1999 | 162 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 158 ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 158 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 149 ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 150 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 154 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 159 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 190 ha | +19.5% |
| 2007 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 205 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 210 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 225 ha | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 220 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 244 ha | +10.9% |
| 2014 | 222 ha | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 213 ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 196 ha | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 168 ha | -14.3% |
| 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 294 ha. (49 countries reporting)
- Malta's 0 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 294 ha. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — 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% | 168 ha | 0 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 161 ha | 160 ha | 162 ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 172.3 ha | 149 ha | 205 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 169.8 ha | 0 ha | 244 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 102 Sao Tome and Principe 3 ha compare
- 103 Grenada 2 ha compare
- 104 Djibouti 1 ha compare
- 105 Estonia 0 ha
- 105 French Guiana 0 ha compare
- 105 Nauru 0 ha
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 lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Malta?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Malta was 0 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 244 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2018.
- How does Malta rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 105th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — 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 volatile.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lettuce and chicory — 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.