Nitrogen fertiliser use in Malta
Farmers in Malta used 73.1 kg of nitrogen fertiliser per hectare of cropland in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2006.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Malta, 2024
73.1e (Estimate)
Change from 2023
+3.4%
World, 2024
71.3 kg/hae (Estimate)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
73.1 kg/ha
Position in 2024
49th of 192
Nitrogen fertiliser use in Malta over time
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Kg of nitrogen (N) per hectare of cropland. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +3.4% from 70.7 kg/ha in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 58.1 kg/ha, the figure has changed by +25.9%.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Malta has the 49th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.3 kg/ha.
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Pesticide use
13.75e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Area under organic farming
0.8%
2024 · Eurostat
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$5.37e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
4.5%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
0.5%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
4,880 kg per hectare
2017 · World Bank