Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Malta
Malta: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 0.52 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Malta, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Malta stood at 0.52 1000 ha.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Malta peaked at 0.79 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.45 1000 ha, in 2002.
That places Malta 191st out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Malta, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.79 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0.45 1000 ha | -43.0% |
| 2003 | 0.52 1000 ha | +15.6% |
| 2004 | 0.45 1000 ha | -13.5% |
| 2005 | 0.47 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 0.47 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.47 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.52 1000 ha | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 0.54 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 0.52 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 0.52 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.56 1000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 0.56 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.58 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 0.56 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 0.54 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 0.54 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.54 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.54 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.54 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.54 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.54 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.54 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.52 1000 ha | -3.7% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 0.52 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 11.18 1000 ha, 5% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Malta's 0.52 1000 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.88 1000 ha, 59% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Malta changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -43.0% | 0.79 1000 ha | 0.45 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.52 1000 ha | 0.45 1000 ha | 0.79 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.546 1000 ha | 0.52 1000 ha | 0.58 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.536 1000 ha | 0.52 1000 ha | 0.54 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 189 Marshall Islands 0.68 1000 ha compare
- 190 Equatorial Guinea 0.6 1000 ha compare
- 192 Montserrat 0.51 1000 ha compare
- 193 Yemen 0.47 1000 ha compare
- 194 Palau 0.43 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Malta
- 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)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8269 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Malta?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Malta was 0.52 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.79 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.45 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does Malta rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Malta ranks 191st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.