Apples — Yield in Malta
Malta: Apples — Yield was 3,687 kg/ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Yield in Malta, 1985–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Malta recorded 3,687 kg/ha for apples — yield in 2017.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Malta peaked at 14,667 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 3,616 kg/ha, in 2015.
Malta ranks 90th of 96 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 13,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 13,667 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 14,000 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 14,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 14,333 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 14,500 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 14,667 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 11,576 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 8,693 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 1994 | 5,000 kg/ha | -42.5% |
| 1995 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4,826 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 4,423 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1998 | 3,700 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1999 | 4,350 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2000 | 6,600 kg/ha | +51.7% |
| 2001 | 5,500 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 4,125 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2003 | 4,000 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4,125 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 5,100 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2007 | 4,200 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2008 | 3,800 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2009 | 3,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,656 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 3,672 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 3,712 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 3,687 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 3,647 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 3,616 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 3,715 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 3,687 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 3,687 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 19,710 kg/ha, 19% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Malta's 3,687 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 12,692 kg/ha, 29% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Yield in Malta changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +51.7% | 4,350 kg/ha | 6,600 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -42.5% | 8,693 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13,867 kg/ha | 13,333 kg/ha | 14,333 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 7,673 kg/ha | 3,700 kg/ha | 14,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,525 kg/ha | 3,800 kg/ha | 6,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,674 kg/ha | 3,616 kg/ha | 3,715 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More agriculture & rural data for Malta
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 224.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0432 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Malta?
- Apples — yield in Malta was 3,687 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 14,667 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,616 kg/ha in 2015.
- How does Malta rank for apples — yield?
- Malta ranks 90th out of 96 countries with data for 2017.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. 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.