Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Malta
Malta: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.4667 in 2017. ▼ Falling
Latest (2017)
0.4667
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
74th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1
in 1961
All-time low
0.3358
in 1998
Years of data
57
1961–2017
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2017, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Malta stood at 0.4667.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Malta peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.3358, in 1998.
Malta ranks 74th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9498 | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 0.8334 | -12.3% |
| 1964 | 0.8541 | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.8973 | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 0.8861 | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 0.8052 | -9.1% |
| 1968 | 0.7783 | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 0.7181 | -7.7% |
| 1970 | 0.852 | +18.7% |
| 1971 | 0.7666 | -10.0% |
| 1972 | 0.733 | -4.4% |
| 1973 | 0.7189 | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.7868 | +9.5% |
| 1975 | 0.646 | -17.9% |
| 1976 | 0.6893 | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 0.804 | +16.6% |
| 1978 | 0.8189 | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 0.7159 | -12.6% |
| 1980 | 0.6238 | -12.9% |
| 1981 | 0.6175 | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.6293 | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.5733 | -8.9% |
| 1984 | 0.6171 | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 0.5976 | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 0.6332 | +6.0% |
| 1987 | 0.6737 | +6.4% |
| 1988 | 0.6956 | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 0.6617 | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 0.6618 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.6423 | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 0.6164 | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 0.6062 | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.5594 | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 0.431 | -23.0% |
| 1996 | 0.3684 | -14.5% |
| 1997 | 0.3998 | +8.5% |
| 1998 | 0.3358 | -16.0% |
| 1999 | 0.3515 | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 0.3569 | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.4297 | +20.4% |
| 2002 | 0.4525 | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 0.4816 | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 0.4194 | -12.9% |
| 2005 | 0.4016 | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 0.3538 | -11.9% |
| 2007 | 0.3891 | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 0.353 | -9.3% |
| 2009 | 0.3958 | +12.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4211 | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 0.4108 | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.4399 | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 0.4295 | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4124 | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4318 | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4647 | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 0.4667 | +0.4% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 0.4667 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.5062, 92% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Malta's 0.4667 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2216, 2.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.858 | 0.7181 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7531 | 0.646 | 0.852 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6323 | 0.5733 | 0.6956 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4972 | 0.3358 | 0.6618 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4033 | 0.353 | 0.4816 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4346 | 0.4108 | 0.4667 | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More reference data data for Malta
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0121 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0008 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0404 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0227 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1009 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0043 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Malta?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Malta was 0.4667 in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3358 in 1998.
- How does Malta rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Malta ranks 74th out of 163 countries with data for 2017.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. 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 (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).