Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Malta is 0 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Malta peaked at 609 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2018.
Malta ranks 140th of 140 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 330 ha | — |
| 1962 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 416 ha | +26.1% |
| 1964 | 367 ha | -11.8% |
| 1965 | 323 ha | -12.0% |
| 1966 | 526 ha | +62.8% |
| 1967 | 485 ha | -7.8% |
| 1968 | 550 ha | +13.4% |
| 1969 | 468 ha | -14.9% |
| 1970 | 310 ha | -33.8% |
| 1971 | 441 ha | +42.3% |
| 1972 | 405 ha | -8.2% |
| 1973 | 331 ha | -18.3% |
| 1974 | 578 ha | +74.6% |
| 1975 | 492 ha | -14.9% |
| 1976 | 516 ha | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 477 ha | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 470 ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 609 ha | +29.6% |
| 1980 | 557 ha | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 287 ha | -48.5% |
| 1982 | 474 ha | +65.2% |
| 1983 | 378 ha | -20.3% |
| 1984 | 333 ha | -11.9% |
| 1985 | 366 ha | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 350 ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 351 ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 407 ha | +16.0% |
| 1992 | 330 ha | -18.9% |
| 1993 | 300 ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 339 ha | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 290 ha | -14.5% |
| 1996 | 100 ha | -65.5% |
| 1997 | 500 ha | +400.0% |
| 1998 | 476 ha | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 400 ha | -16.0% |
| 2000 | 381 ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 550 ha | +44.4% |
| 2002 | 324 ha | -41.1% |
| 2003 | 324 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 260 ha | -19.8% |
| 2005 | 230 ha | -11.5% |
| 2006 | 350 ha | +52.2% |
| 2007 | 298 ha | -14.9% |
| 2008 | 350 ha | +17.4% |
| 2009 | 396 ha | +13.1% |
| 2010 | 444 ha | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 422 ha | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 380 ha | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 380 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 386 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 446 ha | +15.5% |
| 2016 | 469 ha | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 492 ha | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 ha | — |
| 2020 | 0 ha | — |
| 2021 | 0 ha | — |
| 2022 | 0 ha | — |
| 2023 | 0 ha | — |
| 2024 | 0 ha | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 421.67 ha | 323 ha | 550 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 462.9 ha | 310 ha | 609 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 379.5 ha | 287 ha | 557 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 349.3 ha | 100 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 346.3 ha | 230 ha | 550 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 341.9 ha | 0 ha | 492 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 137 Antigua and Barbuda 5 ha compare
- 138 Guadeloupe 4 ha compare
- 138 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 ha compare
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)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.4691 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.4691 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Malta?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Malta was 0 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 609 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2018.
- How does Malta rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 140th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — 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 falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — 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.