Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Malta
Malta: Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.2938 ha per square kilometre in 2017. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Malta, 1998–2017
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Malta recorded 0.2938 ha per square kilometre for watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2017.
The figure is up 13.3% on the previous year and down 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre in Malta peaked at 0.4469 ha per square kilometre in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.2594 ha per square kilometre, in 2016.
That places Malta 3rd out of 115 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.3125 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1999 | 0.325 ha per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3281 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.3187 ha per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.3438 ha per square kilometre | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 0.4375 ha per square kilometre | +27.3% |
| 2004 | 0.4469 ha per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4062 ha per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4125 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3937 ha per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 0.3906 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.3281 ha per square kilometre | -16.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2812 ha per square kilometre | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 0.2969 ha per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3125 ha per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 0.2812 ha per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3031 ha per square kilometre | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 0.3 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2594 ha per square kilometre | -13.5% |
| 2017 | 0.2938 ha per square kilometre | +13.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3187 ha per square kilometre | 0.3125 ha per square kilometre | 0.325 ha per square kilometre | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3806 ha per square kilometre | 0.3187 ha per square kilometre | 0.4469 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.291 ha per square kilometre | 0.2594 ha per square kilometre | 0.3125 ha per square kilometre | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre in Malta?
- Watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre in Malta was 0.2938 ha per square kilometre in 2017, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4469 ha per square kilometre in 2004.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2594 ha per square kilometre in 2016.
- How does Malta rank for watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Malta ranks 3rd out of 115 countries with data for 2017.
- Is watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Watermelons — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Watermelons — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Watermelons — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Watermelons — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.