Farm structure in Malta – 2007

This 'Statistics in Focus' is part of a series of country-specific publications on the results of the Farm Structure Survey (FSS) 2007. It provides a brief but comprehensive insight into farm structure in Malta. A total of 11,020 agricultural holdings were recorded in Malta in the 2007 Farm structure survey (55 less than in 2005). Only 38% of these holdings had an economic size of at least one European Size Unit (ESU), compared to about 74% in 2005. This big difference is due to a change in agricultural prices, which has reduced the total Standard Gross Margins (SGM) over recent years.