Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Malta
Malta: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland was 9.9 Square kilometres in 2022. ▲ Rising
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Malta, 2005–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
Malta recorded 9.9 Square kilometres for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in 2022. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.2% on the previous year and up 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Malta peaked at 9.9 Square kilometres in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.34 Square kilometres, in 2005.
Malta ranks 150th of 169 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Malta, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5.34 Square kilometres | — |
| 2010 | 6.77 Square kilometres | +26.7% |
| 2015 | 7.55 Square kilometres | +11.6% |
| 2020 | 8.9 Square kilometres | +17.9% |
| 2022 | 9.9 Square kilometres | +11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.34 Square kilometres | 5.34 Square kilometres | 5.34 Square kilometres | 1 |
| 2010s | 7.16 Square kilometres | 6.77 Square kilometres | 7.55 Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2020s | 9.4 Square kilometres | 8.9 Square kilometres | 9.9 Square kilometres | 2 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.365 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.16 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate -22.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per capita 0.0097 m3 per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Malta?
- Land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Malta was 9.9 Square kilometres in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 9.9 Square kilometres in 2022.
- What is the lowest land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.34 Square kilometres in 2005.
- How does Malta rank for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Malta ranks 150th out of 169 countries with data for 2022.
- Is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The land cover dataset provides a global assessment of land cover and land cover change to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity. By using geospatial data with high spatio-temporal resolution, it develops a set of internationally comparable indicators with a long time series and a five-year interval from 2000 to 2022 for the Climate Change Initiative Land Cover dataset, and from 1975 to 2030 for the Global Human Settlement Layer dataset. Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The dataset has a global coverage on the national level, while on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The following country aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas, the LAC region and the World. Data source(s): Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer built-up area data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation