Malta - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Malta was 9,070 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,000 in 1961 and a minimum value of 8,000 in 1998.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 17,000
1962 16,000
1963 15,000
1964 14,000
1965 13,000
1966 13,000
1967 13,000
1968 13,000
1969 13,000
1970 13,000
1971 13,000
1972 13,000
1973 13,000
1974 13,000
1975 12,000
1976 12,000
1977 13,000
1978 13,000
1979 13,000
1980 12,000
1981 12,000
1982 12,000
1983 12,000
1984 12,000
1985 12,000
1986 12,000
1987 12,000
1988 12,000
1989 12,000
1990 12,000
1991 12,000
1992 12,000
1993 12,000
1994 12,000
1995 10,000
1996 10,000
1997 9,000
1998 8,000
1999 8,000
2000 8,000
2001 9,000
2002 9,000
2003 9,300
2004 9,000
2005 8,200
2006 8,000
2007 8,000
2008 8,000
2009 8,000
2010 9,080
2011 9,080
2012 9,000
2013 8,970
2014 8,970
2015 8,970
2016 9,070
2017 9,070
2018 9,070

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Malta was 0.019 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.052 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.019 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.052
1962 0.049
1963 0.047
1964 0.044
1965 0.041
1966 0.041
1967 0.042
1968 0.042
1969 0.043
1970 0.043
1971 0.043
1972 0.043
1973 0.043
1974 0.043
1975 0.039
1976 0.039
1977 0.042
1978 0.042
1979 0.041
1980 0.038
1981 0.038
1982 0.037
1983 0.036
1984 0.036
1985 0.036
1986 0.035
1987 0.035
1988 0.035
1989 0.034
1990 0.034
1991 0.033
1992 0.033
1993 0.032
1994 0.032
1995 0.026
1996 0.026
1997 0.024
1998 0.021
1999 0.021
2000 0.021
2001 0.023
2002 0.023
2003 0.023
2004 0.022
2005 0.020
2006 0.020
2007 0.020
2008 0.020
2009 0.019
2010 0.022
2011 0.022
2012 0.021
2013 0.021
2014 0.021
2015 0.020
2016 0.020
2017 0.019
2018 0.019

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Malta was 28.34 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 53.13 in 1961, while its lowest value was 25.00 in 1998.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 53.13
1962 50.00
1963 46.88
1964 43.75
1965 40.63
1966 40.63
1967 40.63
1968 40.63
1969 40.63
1970 40.63
1971 40.63
1972 40.63
1973 40.63
1974 40.63
1975 37.50
1976 37.50
1977 40.63
1978 40.63
1979 40.63
1980 37.50
1981 37.50
1982 37.50
1983 37.50
1984 37.50
1985 37.50
1986 37.50
1987 37.50
1988 37.50
1989 37.50
1990 37.50
1991 37.50
1992 37.50
1993 37.50
1994 37.50
1995 31.25
1996 31.25
1997 28.13
1998 25.00
1999 25.00
2000 25.00
2001 28.13
2002 28.13
2003 29.06
2004 28.13
2005 25.63
2006 25.00
2007 25.00
2008 25.00
2009 25.00
2010 28.38
2011 28.38
2012 28.13
2013 28.03
2014 28.03
2015 28.03
2016 28.34
2017 28.34
2018 28.34

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use