Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Malta
Malta: Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value was 773 1000 USD in 2008. ▲ Rising
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Malta, 1966–2008
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 USD.
Analysis
Malta recorded 773 1000 USD for soil working equipment (trade) — import value in 2008.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.4% on the previous year and down 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Malta peaked at 1,324 1000 USD in 1999 and was at its lowest, 86 1000 USD, in 1966.
Malta ranks 128th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Malta, year by year
| Year | 1000 USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 86 1000 USD | — |
| 1967 | 228 1000 USD | +165.1% |
| 1968 | 166 1000 USD | -27.2% |
| 1969 | 174 1000 USD | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 300 1000 USD | +72.4% |
| 1971 | 275 1000 USD | -8.3% |
| 1972 | 252 1000 USD | -8.4% |
| 1973 | 476 1000 USD | +88.9% |
| 1974 | 490 1000 USD | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 398 1000 USD | -18.8% |
| 1976 | 840 1000 USD | +111.1% |
| 1977 | 815 1000 USD | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 658 1000 USD | -19.3% |
| 1979 | 1,132 1000 USD | +72.0% |
| 1980 | 1,170 1000 USD | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 530 1000 USD | -54.7% |
| 1982 | 633 1000 USD | +19.4% |
| 1983 | 750 1000 USD | +18.5% |
| 1984 | 792 1000 USD | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 553 1000 USD | -30.2% |
| 1986 | 769 1000 USD | +39.1% |
| 1987 | 608 1000 USD | -20.9% |
| 1988 | 969 1000 USD | +59.4% |
| 1989 | 1,289 1000 USD | +33.0% |
| 1990 | 851 1000 USD | -34.0% |
| 1991 | 1,170 1000 USD | +37.5% |
| 1992 | 1,066 1000 USD | -8.9% |
| 1993 | 798 1000 USD | -25.1% |
| 1994 | 1,227 1000 USD | +53.8% |
| 1995 | 899 1000 USD | -26.7% |
| 1996 | 1,212 1000 USD | +34.8% |
| 1997 | 819 1000 USD | -32.4% |
| 1998 | 1,124 1000 USD | +37.2% |
| 1999 | 1,324 1000 USD | +17.8% |
| 2000 | 739 1000 USD | -44.2% |
| 2001 | 586 1000 USD | -20.7% |
| 2002 | 727 1000 USD | +24.1% |
| 2003 | 831 1000 USD | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 889 1000 USD | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 759 1000 USD | -14.6% |
| 2006 | 894 1000 USD | +17.8% |
| 2007 | 1,022 1000 USD | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 773 1000 USD | -24.4% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 773 1000 USD is below the median for high income countries, which is 29,847 1000 USD, 3% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Malta's 773 1000 USD is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,298 1000 USD, 34% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163.5 1000 USD | 86 1000 USD | 228 1000 USD | 4 |
| 1970s | 563.6 1000 USD | 252 1000 USD | 1,132 1000 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 806.3 1000 USD | 530 1000 USD | 1,289 1000 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,049 1000 USD | 798 1000 USD | 1,324 1000 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 802.22 1000 USD | 586 1000 USD | 1,022 1000 USD | 9 |
Countries ranked near Malta
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 soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Malta?
- Soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Malta was 773 1000 USD in 2008, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soil working equipment (trade) — import value recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1,324 1000 USD in 1999.
- What is the lowest soil working equipment (trade) — import value recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 86 1000 USD in 1966.
- How does Malta rank for soil working equipment (trade) — import value?
- Malta ranks 128th out of 192 countries with data for 2008.
- Is soil working equipment (trade) — import value rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.2%. 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 Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Important notice: FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery is no longer active. The latest online version of the database has as reference year 2009 (with data collected in year 2011). FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery provides statistical series on Agricultural Machinery and Equipment statistical series referring to the following items: tractors, harvesters and threshers, irrigation pumps, milking machines, hand tools, and soil machines. The database includes estimates of agriculture machinery in use and value of import and export of agriculture machinery.