Olives — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Olives — Area harvested was 190 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Olives — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — area harvested in Malta stood at 190 ha. That is the highest value across all 59 years on record.
The figure is up 211.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Malta peaked at 190 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1 ha, in 2001.
Malta ranks 40th of 60 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Olives — 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% |
| 2023 | 190 ha | +201.6% |
| 2024 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 190 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 57,840 ha, 0% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +201.6% | 63 ha | 190 ha |
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 | 45.25 ha | 14 ha | 93 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 190 ha | 190 ha | 190 ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 347 ha compare
- 38 China 315 ha compare
- 38 China, Taiwan Province of 315 ha compare
- 41 Uzbekistan 139 ha compare
- 42 Kuwait 56 ha compare
- 43 Austria 0 ha
- 43 Belgium 0 ha
- 43 Bulgaria 0 ha
- 43 Czechia 0 ha
- 43 Denmark 0 ha
- 43 Estonia 0 ha
- 43 Finland 0 ha
- 43 Germany 0 ha
- 43 Hungary 0 ha
- 43 Ireland 0 ha
- 43 Latvia 0 ha
- 43 Lithuania 0 ha
- 43 Luxembourg 0 ha
- 43 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 ha
- 43 Poland 0 ha
- 43 Romania 0 ha
- 43 Slovakia 0 ha
- 43 Sweden 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 olives — area harvested in Malta?
- Olives — area harvested in Malta was 190 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 190 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 ha in 2001.
- How does Malta rank for olives — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 40th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 211.5%. 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 Olives — 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.