Watermelons — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Watermelons — Area harvested was 94 ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Malta, 1998–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Malta is 94 ha, measured in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.3% on the previous year and down 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Malta peaked at 143 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 83 ha, in 2016.
Malta ranks 97th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 100 ha | — |
| 1999 | 104 ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 105 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 102 ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 110 ha | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 140 ha | +27.3% |
| 2004 | 143 ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 130 ha | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 132 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 126 ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 125 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 105 ha | -16.0% |
| 2010 | 90 ha | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 95 ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 90 ha | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 97 ha | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 96 ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 83 ha | -13.5% |
| 2017 | 94 ha | +13.3% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 94 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 228 ha, 41% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Malta's 94 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,884 ha, 2% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 102 ha | 100 ha | 104 ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 121.8 ha | 102 ha | 143 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.12 ha | 83 ha | 100 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 94 Belize 168 ha compare
- 95 Botswana 150 ha
- 96 Trinidad and Tobago 116 ha compare
- 98 Malawi 86 ha compare
- 99 Solomon Islands 75 ha compare
- 99 United Arab Emirates 75 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 watermelons — area harvested in Malta?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Malta was 94 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 143 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 83 ha in 2016.
- How does Malta rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 97th out of 131 countries with data for 2017.
- Is watermelons — area harvested 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 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.