Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 5,261 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Malta is 5,261 ha, measured in 2017.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Malta peaked at 5,418 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,808 ha, in 1972.
Malta ranks 144th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,378 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,355 ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 4,372 ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 4,470 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 3,789 ha | -15.2% |
| 1966 | 3,778 ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 3,830 ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 3,611 ha | -5.7% |
| 1969 | 3,970 ha | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 3,067 ha | -22.7% |
| 1971 | 2,984 ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 2,808 ha | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 2,941 ha | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 3,165 ha | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 3,247 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 3,310 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 3,202 ha | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 3,127 ha | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 3,213 ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 3,257 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 2,910 ha | -10.7% |
| 1982 | 3,137 ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 3,155 ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 3,075 ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 3,155 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 3,145 ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 3,165 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 3,197 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 3,230 ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 3,222 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 3,459 ha | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 3,425 ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 3,399 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 3,474 ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 3,381 ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 3,318 ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 3,778 ha | +13.9% |
| 1998 | 4,134 ha | +9.4% |
| 1999 | 4,133 ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,033 ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 4,680 ha | +16.0% |
| 2002 | 4,689 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 4,142 ha | -11.7% |
| 2004 | 4,739 ha | +14.4% |
| 2005 | 4,999 ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 5,157 ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 5,046 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 5,350 ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 5,022 ha | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 5,100 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 5,141 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 4,934 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 5,055 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 5,418 ha | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 5,315 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 4,999 ha | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 5,261 ha | +5.2% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 5,261 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 63% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Malta's 5,261 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 12% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,061 ha | 3,611 ha | 4,470 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,106 ha | 2,808 ha | 3,310 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,143 ha | 2,910 ha | 3,257 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,572 ha | 3,222 ha | 4,134 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,786 ha | 4,033 ha | 5,350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,153 ha | 4,934 ha | 5,418 ha | 8 |
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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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Malta?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Malta was 5,261 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 5,418 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,808 ha in 1972.
- How does Malta rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.