Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Malta
Malta: Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Malta, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Malta recorded 0 ha per square kilometre for wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in Malta peaked at 9.38 ha per square kilometre in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0 ha per square kilometre, in 2018.
Malta ranks 110th of 110 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.47 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 6.47 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5.77 ha per square kilometre | -10.8% |
| 1964 | 5.85 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 4.96 ha per square kilometre | -15.3% |
| 1966 | 4.86 ha per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 4.84 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 4.2 ha per square kilometre | -13.2% |
| 1969 | 3.96 ha per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 3.88 ha per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 3.53 ha per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 3.26 ha per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 2.85 ha per square kilometre | -12.6% |
| 1974 | 3.02 ha per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 3.32 ha per square kilometre | +9.6% |
| 1976 | 3.49 ha per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 3.13 ha per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 1978 | 3.32 ha per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 3.83 ha per square kilometre | +15.4% |
| 1980 | 3.9 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 3.87 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 5.64 ha per square kilometre | +45.6% |
| 1983 | 6.09 ha per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 4.28 ha per square kilometre | -29.7% |
| 1985 | 4.14 ha per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 4.06 ha per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 4.06 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4.06 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4.06 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3.99 ha per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 4.38 ha per square kilometre | +9.5% |
| 1992 | 5 ha per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 6.25 ha per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 1994 | 6.88 ha per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 7.5 ha per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 3.44 ha per square kilometre | -54.2% |
| 1997 | 6.88 ha per square kilometre | +100.0% |
| 1998 | 7.18 ha per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 7.02 ha per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 7.44 ha per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 7.5 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 6.25 ha per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 7.5 ha per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 2004 | 7.58 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 7.69 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 8.12 ha per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 8.75 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 9.38 ha per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 8.75 ha per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 8.49 ha per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 8.17 ha per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 8.02 ha per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 7.76 ha per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 7.4 ha per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 6.26 ha per square kilometre | -15.4% |
| 2016 | 6.65 ha per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 7.71 ha per square kilometre | +16.0% |
| 2018 | 0 ha per square kilometre | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 2020 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 2021 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 2022 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 2023 | 0 ha per square kilometre | — |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 0 ha per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.2 ha per square kilometre. (41 countries reporting)
- Malta's 0 ha per square kilometre is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.7558 ha per square kilometre. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 | +100.0% | 3.44 ha per square kilometre | 6.88 ha per square kilometre |
| 2018 | -100.0% | 7.71 ha per square kilometre | 0 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.26 ha per square kilometre | 3.96 ha per square kilometre | 6.47 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.37 ha per square kilometre | 2.85 ha per square kilometre | 3.88 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.42 ha per square kilometre | 3.87 ha per square kilometre | 6.09 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.85 ha per square kilometre | 3.44 ha per square kilometre | 7.5 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.9 ha per square kilometre | 6.25 ha per square kilometre | 9.38 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.04 ha per square kilometre | 0 ha per square kilometre | 8.49 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha per square kilometre | 0 ha per square kilometre | 0 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
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- 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 square kilometre in Malta?
- Wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in Malta was 0 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 9.38 ha per square kilometre in 2008.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha per square kilometre in 2018.
- How does Malta rank for wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Malta ranks 110th out of 110 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wheat — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Wheat — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.