Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Malta
Malta: Wheat — Area harvested, per capita was 0 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested, per capita in Malta is 0 ha per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested, per capita in Malta peaked at 0.0073 ha per person in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0 ha per person, in 2018.
Malta ranks 110th of 110 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0064 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0064 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0057 ha per person | -10.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0058 ha per person | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 0.005 ha per person | -14.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0049 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.005 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 0.0044 ha per person | -12.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0042 ha per person | -4.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0041 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0037 ha per person | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0035 ha per person | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 0.003 ha per person | -12.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0032 ha per person | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0035 ha per person | +8.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0037 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0033 ha per person | -10.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0034 ha per person | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0039 ha per person | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0039 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0039 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0055 ha per person | +42.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0059 ha per person | +6.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0041 ha per person | -29.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0039 ha per person | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0038 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0038 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0037 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0037 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0036 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0038 ha per person | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0044 ha per person | +13.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0054 ha per person | +23.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0059 ha per person | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0064 ha per person | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0029 ha per person | -54.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0057 ha per person | +98.5% |
| 1998 | 0.006 ha per person | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0058 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0061 ha per person | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0061 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0051 ha per person | -17.3% |
| 2003 | 0.006 ha per person | +19.2% |
| 2004 | 0.006 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0061 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0064 ha per person | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0069 ha per person | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0073 ha per person | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0068 ha per person | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0066 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0063 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0061 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0058 ha per person | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0055 ha per person | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0045 ha per person | -17.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0047 ha per person | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0053 ha per person | +12.9% |
| 2018 | 0 ha per person | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 ha per person | — |
| 2020 | 0 ha per person | — |
| 2021 | 0 ha per person | — |
| 2022 | 0 ha per person | — |
| 2023 | 0 ha per person | — |
| 2024 | 0 ha per person | — |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 0 ha per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0299 ha per person. (41 countries reporting)
- Malta's 0 ha per person is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0054 ha per person. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Malta changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +98.5% | 0.0029 ha per person | 0.0057 ha per person |
| 2018 | -100.0% | 0.0053 ha per person | 0 ha per person |
| 1996 | -54.5% | 0.0064 ha per person | 0.0029 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0053 ha per person | 0.0042 ha per person | 0.0064 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0035 ha per person | 0.003 ha per person | 0.0041 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0042 ha per person | 0.0037 ha per person | 0.0059 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.005 ha per person | 0.0029 ha per person | 0.0064 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0063 ha per person | 0.0051 ha per person | 0.0073 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0045 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0066 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 5 |
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 wheat — area harvested, per capita in Malta?
- Wheat — area harvested, per capita in Malta was 0 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0073 ha per person in 2008.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha per person in 2018.
- How does Malta rank for wheat — area harvested, per capita?
- Malta ranks 110th out of 110 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wheat — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wheat — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wheat — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.