Arable land per capita — all countries

Arable land per capita — Malta

Arable land per capita in Malta in 2023 — 0.0132 ha/person. Ranked 186 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 74.7%.

2023 0.0132 ha/person −10.07% vs 2022
World rank 186of 206
Period maximum 0.0523 ha/person1961
Period minimum 0.0132 ha/person2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares per capita

Arable land per capita — Malta, 1961–202300.020.040.0619611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.0523 ha/person1963: 0.0465 ha/person1965: 0.0408 ha/person1967: 0.0417 ha/person1969: 0.0427 ha/person1971: 0.0429 ha/person1973: 0.043 ha/person1975: 0.0394 ha/person1977: 0.0423 ha/person1979: 0.0415 ha/person1981: 0.0376 ha/person1983: 0.0363 ha/person1985: 0.0357 ha/person1987: 0.0348 ha/person1989: 0.0342 ha/person1991: 0.033 ha/person1993: 0.0323 ha/person1995: 0.0265 ha/person1997: 0.0235 ha/person1999: 0.0206 ha/person2001: 0.0229 ha/person2003: 0.0233 ha/person2005: 0.0203 ha/person2007: 0.0197 ha/person2009: 0.0194 ha/person2011: 0.0218 ha/person2013: 0.0211 ha/person2015: 0.0202 ha/person2017: 0.0194 ha/person2019: 0.018 ha/person2021: 0.0151 ha/person2023: 0.0132 ha/person
Change over the period: −0.0391 (−74.73%) Average annual rate: -2.19 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malta

Malta 0.0132 ha/person
World 0.1717 ha/person
Europe & Central Asia 0.359 ha/person
Southern Europe computed 0.1765 ha/person
High-income countries computed 0.3338 ha/person
Arable land per capita — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha/person Change Change, %
2023 0.0132 −0.0015 −10.07%
2022 0.0147 −0.0004 −2.44%
2021 0.0151 −0.0001 −0.51%
2020 0.0151 −0.0029 −15.93%
2019 0.018 −0.0007 −3.97%
2018 0.0187 −0.0007 −3.47%
2017 0.0194 −0.0005 −2.7%
2016 0.02 −0.0002 −1.17%
2015 0.0202 −0.0005 −2.42%
2014 0.0207 −0.0004 −2%
2013 0.0211 −0.0003 −1.46%
2012 0.0214 −0.0004 −1.77%
2011 0.0218 −0.0001 −0.42%
2010 0.0219 +0.0025 +12.94%
2009 0.0194 −0.0001 −0.75%
2008 0.0195 −0.0001 −0.65%
2007 0.0197 −0.0006 −2.78%
2006 0.0202 −0.0001 −0.36%
2005 0.0203 −0.0021 −9.47%
2004 0.0224 −0.0009 −3.87%
2003 0.0233 +0.0006 +2.66%
2002 0.0227 −0.0002 −0.74%
2001 0.0229 +0.0024 +11.66%
2000 0.0205 −0.0001 −0.64%
1999 0.0206 −0.0001 −0.59%
1998 0.0208 −0.0027 −11.69%
1997 0.0235 −0.0028 −10.68%
1996 0.0263 −0.0002 −0.65%
1995 0.0265 −0.0055 −17.25%
1994 0.032 −0.0003 −0.93%
1993 0.0323 −0.0003 −0.99%
1992 0.0326 −0.0003 −1.03%
1991 0.033 −0.0009 −2.66%
1990 0.0339 −0.0003 −0.97%
1989 0.0342 −0.0003 −0.97%
1988 0.0345 −0.0003 −0.82%
1987 0.0348 −0.0002 −0.69%
1986 0.0351 −0.0006 −1.66%
1985 0.0357 −0.0006 −1.74%
1984 0.0363 −0 −0.02%
1983 0.0363 −0.0005 −1.4%
1982 0.0368 −0.0008 −2.12%
1981 0.0376 −0.0003 −0.73%
1980 0.0379 −0.0036 −8.66%
1979 0.0415 −0.0004 −1.01%
1978 0.0419 −0.0004 −1.04%
1977 0.0423 +0.0031 +7.91%
1976 0.0392 −0.0002 −0.51%
1975 0.0394 −0.0036 −8.37%
1974 0.043 +0 +0.07%
1973 0.043 +0 +0.08%
1972 0.043 +0 +0.08%
1971 0.0429 −0 −0.02%
1970 0.043 +0.0002 +0.55%
1969 0.0427 +0.0005 +1.18%
1968 0.0422 +0.0005 +1.19%
1967 0.0417 +0.0005 +1.17%
1966 0.0412 +0.0005 +1.14%
1965 0.0408 −0.0028 −6.43%
1964 0.0436 −0.0029 −6.29%
1963 0.0465 −0.0029 −5.86%
1962 0.0494 −0.0029 −5.49%
1961 0.0523

About the indicator

The area of arable land per inhabitant, in hectares. A key resource indicator of food security: countries with little arable land per person must either achieve very high yields or import food. The world value is falling — the area of arable land is barely growing while the population increases.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its arable land over all of its population. The indicator speaks of land endowment, not of yield: a hectare gives different amounts in different climates.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.