Vetches — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Vetches — Area harvested was 215 ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Vetches — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, vetches — area harvested in Malta stood at 215 ha.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Malta peaked at 1,000 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 2013.
That places Malta 35th out of 43 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Vetches — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 932 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1963 | 630 ha | -37.0% |
| 1964 | 613 ha | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 485 ha | -20.9% |
| 1966 | 485 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 445 ha | -8.2% |
| 1968 | 445 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 445 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 404 ha | -9.2% |
| 1971 | 302 ha | -25.2% |
| 1972 | 380 ha | +25.8% |
| 1973 | 421 ha | +10.8% |
| 1974 | 428 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 387 ha | -9.6% |
| 1976 | 354 ha | -8.5% |
| 1977 | 376 ha | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 352 ha | -6.4% |
| 1979 | 329 ha | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 284 ha | -13.7% |
| 1981 | 293 ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 282 ha | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 294 ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 300 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 280 ha | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 266 ha | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 250 ha | -6.0% |
| 1993 | 261 ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 261 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 260 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 261 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 262 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 263 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 263 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 296 ha | +12.5% |
| 2001 | 279 ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 274 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 271 ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 267 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 263 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 280 ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 240 ha | -14.3% |
| 2008 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 244 ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 243 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 255 ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 220 ha | -13.7% |
| 2013 | 200 ha | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 209 ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 222 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 218 ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 215 ha | -1.4% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 215 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 717 ha, 30% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Malta's 215 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 626 ha, 34% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 608.89 ha | 445 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 373.3 ha | 302 ha | 428 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 295.3 ha | 282 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 262.7 ha | 250 ha | 280 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 266.4 ha | 240 ha | 296 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 222.75 ha | 200 ha | 255 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 vetches — area harvested in Malta?
- Vetches — area harvested in Malta was 215 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 2013.
- How does Malta rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 35th out of 43 countries with data for 2017.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. 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 Vetches — 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.