Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Malta?

Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Malta data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Malta

Name: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Malta
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Malta: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 6.41 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)

6.41 1000 ha

Change on year

up 1.6%

World rank

170th

of 241 countries

All-time high

6.41 1000 ha

in 2022

All-time low

3.57 1000 ha

in 1992

Years of data

1992–2022

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Malta, 1992–2022

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Malta recorded 6.41 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Malta peaked at 6.41 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3.57 1000 ha, in 1992.

Malta ranks 170th of 241 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	4.18 1000 ha	3.57 1000 ha	4.68 1000 ha	8
2000s	5.51 1000 ha	4.86 1000 ha	5.85 1000 ha	10
2010s	6.05 1000 ha	5.89 1000 ha	6.26 1000 ha	10
2020s	6.33 1000 ha	6.26 1000 ha	6.41 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Malta

167 Netherlands Antilles (former) 7.99 1000 ha compare
168 Equatorial Guinea 7.68 1000 ha compare
169 Timor-Leste 7 1000 ha compare
171 Barbados 6.01 1000 ha compare
172 United States Virgin Islands 5.49 1000 ha compare
173 Guinea-Bissau 5.2 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Malta

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 35.01 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2.81 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 12.96 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 1.04 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 87.04 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 6.98 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
Cropland — Share in Land area 25.45 % (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
Cropland — Area 8.02 1000 ha (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Malta?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Malta was 6.41 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Malta?: The highest recorded value was 6.41 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Malta?: The lowest recorded value was 3.57 1000 ha in 1992.
How does Malta rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Malta ranks 170th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Malta?: Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malta data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.