Cabbages — Yield in Malta
Malta: Cabbages — Yield was 14,062 kg/ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Cabbages — Yield in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cabbages — yield in Malta is 14,062 kg/ha, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — yield in Malta peaked at 42,000 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 8,032 kg/ha, in 1964.
Malta ranks 121st of 148 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Cabbages — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,200 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,727 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 9,482 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1964 | 8,032 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1965 | 8,642 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 8,721 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 11,832 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1968 | 23,720 kg/ha | +100.5% |
| 1969 | 24,826 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 21,036 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1971 | 27,273 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1972 | 27,697 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 23,569 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1974 | 24,544 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 26,167 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1976 | 23,356 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1977 | 23,558 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 24,035 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 21,235 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1980 | 22,730 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1981 | 25,575 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 32,827 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1983 | 31,048 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1984 | 30,612 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 31,250 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 30,526 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 30,526 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 31,959 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 35,000 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1990 | 34,737 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 21,285 kg/ha | -38.7% |
| 1992 | 20,998 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 18,889 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 18,571 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 18,000 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 42,000 kg/ha | +133.3% |
| 1997 | 20,673 kg/ha | -50.8% |
| 1998 | 19,420 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 17,724 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 16,683 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 12,800 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2002 | 14,979 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2003 | 14,642 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 14,983 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 14,846 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 15,973 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 15,767 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 15,423 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 14,857 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 14,960 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 15,286 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 15,785 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 15,690 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 14,473 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2015 | 14,254 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 14,263 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 14,062 kg/ha | -1.4% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 14,062 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 26,899 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Malta's 14,062 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 29,375 kg/ha, 48% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +133.3% | 18,000 kg/ha | 42,000 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +100.5% | 11,832 kg/ha | 23,720 kg/ha |
| 1997 | -50.8% | 42,000 kg/ha | 20,673 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,465 kg/ha | 8,032 kg/ha | 24,826 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,247 kg/ha | 21,036 kg/ha | 27,697 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,205 kg/ha | 22,730 kg/ha | 35,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,230 kg/ha | 17,724 kg/ha | 42,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,095 kg/ha | 12,800 kg/ha | 16,683 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,847 kg/ha | 14,062 kg/ha | 15,785 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 118 Libya 14,868 kg/ha compare
- 119 Serbia and Montenegro 14,534 kg/ha compare
- 120 Trinidad and Tobago 14,518 kg/ha compare
- 122 Angola 13,738 kg/ha compare
- 123 French Polynesia 13,722 kg/ha compare
- 124 Peru 13,693 kg/ha compare
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 cabbages — yield in Malta?
- Cabbages — yield in Malta was 14,062 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 42,000 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest cabbages — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,032 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Malta rank for cabbages — yield?
- Malta ranks 121st out of 148 countries with data for 2017.
- Is cabbages — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. 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 Cabbages — 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.