Arable land pin in Malta

Malta: Arable land pin 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 pin in Malta, 1961–2017

0.40.60.81196119892017

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2017, arable land pin 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 pin 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 pin in Malta, year by year

Annual values for Arable land pin in Malta, 1961 to 2017.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 71 Guinea-Bissau 0.4868 compare
  2. 72 Liberia 0.4759 compare
  3. 73 Netherlands 0.4718 compare
  4. 75 Greece 0.4609 compare
  5. 76 Hong Kong 0.4524 compare
  6. 77 Romania 0.4411 compare

See the full ranking of 163 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land pin in Malta?
Arable land pin in Malta was 0.4667 in 2017, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest arable land pin recorded in Malta?
The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land pin recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3358 in 1998.
How does Malta rank for arable land pin?
Malta ranks 74th out of 163 countries with data for 2017.
Is arable land pin 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land pin. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Arable land pin
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
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