Forest land — Area in Malta
Malta: Forest land — Area was 0.47 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Area in Malta, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Malta recorded 0.47 1000 ha for forest land — area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Malta peaked at 0.47 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.35 1000 ha, in 1990.
That places Malta 227th out of 231 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.35 1000 ha | 0.35 1000 ha | 0.35 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.35 1000 ha | 0.35 1000 ha | 0.35 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.372 1000 ha | 0.35 1000 ha | 0.44 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.465 1000 ha | 0.46 1000 ha | 0.47 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 224 Bermuda 0.78 1000 ha compare
- 225 Aruba 0.49 1000 ha compare
- 225 Norfolk Island 0.49 1000 ha compare
- 228 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.3 1000 ha compare
- 229 Greenland 0.22 1000 ha compare
- 230 Faroe Islands 0.08 1000 ha compare
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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Malta?
- Forest land — area in Malta was 0.47 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.47 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.35 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Malta rank for forest land — area?
- Malta ranks 227th out of 231 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.3%. 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 Forest land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.