Tomatoes — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 282 ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malta recorded 282 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.9% on the previous year and down 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Malta peaked at 834 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 282 ha, in 2017.
Malta ranks 121st of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 740 ha | — |
| 1962 | 740 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 757 ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 834 ha | +10.2% |
| 1965 | 607 ha | -27.2% |
| 1966 | 607 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 566 ha | -6.8% |
| 1968 | 614 ha | +8.5% |
| 1969 | 757 ha | +23.3% |
| 1970 | 684 ha | -9.6% |
| 1971 | 520 ha | -24.0% |
| 1972 | 530 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 572 ha | +7.9% |
| 1974 | 608 ha | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 603 ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 634 ha | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 616 ha | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 555 ha | -9.9% |
| 1979 | 536 ha | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 557 ha | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 547 ha | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 520 ha | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 573 ha | +10.2% |
| 1984 | 543 ha | -5.2% |
| 1985 | 523 ha | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 530 ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 550 ha | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 580 ha | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 600 ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 613 ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 612 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 610 ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 615 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 630 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 650 ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 730 ha | +12.3% |
| 1997 | 450 ha | -38.4% |
| 1998 | 550 ha | +22.2% |
| 1999 | 555 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 500 ha | -9.9% |
| 2001 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 451 ha | -24.8% |
| 2003 | 352 ha | -22.0% |
| 2004 | 360 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 310 ha | -13.9% |
| 2006 | 400 ha | +29.0% |
| 2007 | 380 ha | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 402 ha | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 300 ha | -25.4% |
| 2010 | 373 ha | +24.3% |
| 2011 | 358 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 300 ha | -16.2% |
| 2013 | 315 ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 328 ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 307 ha | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 320 ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 282 ha | -11.9% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 282 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 336 ha, 84% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Malta's 282 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6,558 ha, 4% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 691.33 ha | 566 ha | 834 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 585.8 ha | 520 ha | 684 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 552.3 ha | 520 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 601.5 ha | 450 ha | 730 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 405.5 ha | 300 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 322.88 ha | 282 ha | 373 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malta
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 tomatoes — area harvested in Malta?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Malta was 282 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 834 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 282 ha in 2017.
- How does Malta rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 121st out of 169 countries with data for 2017.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.8%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.