Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malta recorded 0 ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 62 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Malta peaked at 93 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2018.
That places Malta 186th out of 186 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16 ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 15 ha | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 19 ha | +26.7% |
| 1965 | 18 ha | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 17 ha | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 16 ha | -5.9% |
| 1968 | 17 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 15 ha | -11.8% |
| 1970 | 18 ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 14 ha | -22.2% |
| 1972 | 15 ha | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 14 ha | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 30 ha | +114.3% |
| 1975 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 28 ha | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 19 ha | -32.1% |
| 1978 | 22 ha | +15.8% |
| 1979 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 14 ha | -36.4% |
| 1981 | 13 ha | -7.1% |
| 1982 | 12 ha | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10 ha | -16.7% |
| 1990 | 9 ha | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 8 ha | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 11 ha | +37.5% |
| 1993 | 10 ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 9 ha | -10.0% |
| 1995 | 13 ha | +44.4% |
| 1996 | 5 ha | -61.5% |
| 1997 | 7 ha | +40.0% |
| 1998 | 2 ha | -71.4% |
| 1999 | 3 ha | +50.0% |
| 2000 | 2 ha | -33.3% |
| 2001 | 1 ha | -50.0% |
| 2002 | 2 ha | +100.0% |
| 2003 | 3 ha | +50.0% |
| 2004 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5 ha | +66.7% |
| 2007 | 6 ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 14 ha | +133.3% |
| 2011 | 24 ha | +71.4% |
| 2012 | 32 ha | +33.3% |
| 2013 | 44 ha | +37.5% |
| 2014 | 61 ha | +38.6% |
| 2015 | 93 ha | +52.5% |
| 2016 | 31 ha | -66.7% |
| 2017 | 63 ha | +103.2% |
| 2018 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 ha | — |
| 2020 | 0 ha | — |
| 2021 | 0 ha | — |
| 2022 | 0 ha | — |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 0 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 52,034 ha. (52 countries reporting)
- Malta's 0 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 66,822 ha. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.33 ha | 14 ha | 19 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21.2 ha | 14 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.1 ha | 10 ha | 14 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.7 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.7 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.2 ha | 0 ha | 93 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 3 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Malta
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -6.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0121 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -6.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0121 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Malta?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Malta was 0 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 93 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2018.
- How does Malta rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 186th out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.