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
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 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
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 |
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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 regions 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).