Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 510 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Malta is 510 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Malta peaked at 3,296 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 510 ha, in 2023.
That places Malta 170th out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,296 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,294 ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 2,927 ha | -11.1% |
| 1964 | 3,123 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 2,982 ha | -4.5% |
| 1966 | 2,577 ha | -13.6% |
| 1967 | 2,577 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,630 ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 2,641 ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 2,523 ha | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 2,608 ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 2,523 ha | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 2,202 ha | -12.7% |
| 1974 | 2,414 ha | +9.6% |
| 1975 | 2,158 ha | -10.6% |
| 1976 | 2,355 ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 2,647 ha | +12.4% |
| 1978 | 2,524 ha | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 2,377 ha | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 2,533 ha | +6.6% |
| 1981 | 2,114 ha | -16.5% |
| 1982 | 1,850 ha | -12.5% |
| 1983 | 1,968 ha | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 1,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 1,600 ha | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 1,485 ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 1,070 ha | -27.9% |
| 1992 | 1,200 ha | +12.1% |
| 1993 | 1,256 ha | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 1,400 ha | +11.5% |
| 1995 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,250 ha | -10.7% |
| 1997 | 1,500 ha | +20.0% |
| 1998 | 1,783 ha | +18.9% |
| 1999 | 1,783 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,783 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,783 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,152 ha | -35.4% |
| 2003 | 1,154 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,100 ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 820 ha | -25.5% |
| 2006 | 820 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 700 ha | -14.6% |
| 2008 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 701 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 701 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 701 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 700 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 690 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 690 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 570 ha | -17.4% |
| 2021 | 570 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 570 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 510 ha | -10.5% |
| 2024 | 510 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,894 ha | 2,577 ha | 3,296 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,433 ha | 2,158 ha | 2,647 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,906 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,533 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,413 ha | 1,070 ha | 1,783 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,071 ha | 700 ha | 1,783 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 698.3 ha | 690 ha | 701 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 546 ha | 510 ha | 570 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Malta?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Malta was 510 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 3,296 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 510 ha in 2023.
- How does Malta rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 170th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.1%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.