Spinach — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Spinach — Area harvested was 17 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Area harvested in Malta, 1998–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, spinach — area harvested in Malta stood at 17 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.0% on the previous year and down 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Malta peaked at 27 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 10 ha, in 1998.
Malta ranks 61st of 69 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Spinach — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 10 ha | — |
| 1999 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 12 ha | +20.0% |
| 2001 | 15 ha | +25.0% |
| 2002 | 17 ha | +13.3% |
| 2003 | 19 ha | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 20 ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 21 ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 20 ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 23 ha | +15.0% |
| 2008 | 18 ha | -21.7% |
| 2009 | 27 ha | +50.0% |
| 2010 | 25 ha | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 22 ha | -12.0% |
| 2012 | 18 ha | -18.2% |
| 2013 | 20 ha | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 21 ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 17 ha | -19.0% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 17 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 160 ha, 11% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Malta's 17 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 183.5 ha, 9% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 19.2 ha | 12 ha | 27 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.5 ha | 17 ha | 25 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 58 Slovenia 30 ha compare
- 58 Ukraine 30 ha compare
- 60 Kuwait 19 ha compare
- 62 North Macedonia 16 ha compare
- 63 Costa Rica 12 ha compare
- 64 Antigua and Barbuda 10 ha
- 64 Lithuania 10 ha compare
- 64 Luxembourg 10 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 spinach — area harvested in Malta?
- Spinach — area harvested in Malta was 17 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 27 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 ha in 1998.
- How does Malta rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 61st out of 69 countries with data for 2017.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spinach — 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.