Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Malta
Malta: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield was 12,396 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Malta, 1985–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, citrus fruit, total — yield in Malta stood at 12,396 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — yield in Malta peaked at 13,571 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 8,674 kg/ha, in 1991.
Malta ranks 69th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 12,857 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 13,571 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 12,143 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1988 | 10,714 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1989 | 12,857 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1990 | 12,500 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 8,674 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 1992 | 8,674 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 8,675 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 8,766 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 8,826 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 11,111 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1997 | 9,456 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1998 | 12,800 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1999 | 12,766 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 12,576 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 13,083 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 13,152 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 12,829 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 12,095 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 12,965 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 12,576 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 12,879 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 13,499 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 12,425 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 12,830 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 12,886 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 12,987 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 12,683 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 13,134 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 13,038 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 12,666 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 12,396 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 12,396 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,826 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Malta's 12,396 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 17,482 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +35.4% | 9,456 kg/ha | 12,800 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -30.6% | 12,500 kg/ha | 8,674 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12,429 kg/ha | 10,714 kg/ha | 13,571 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 10,225 kg/ha | 8,674 kg/ha | 12,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,808 kg/ha | 12,095 kg/ha | 13,499 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,828 kg/ha | 12,396 kg/ha | 13,134 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 citrus fruit, total — yield in Malta?
- Citrus fruit, total — yield in Malta was 12,396 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 13,571 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,674 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Malta rank for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- Malta ranks 69th out of 137 countries with data for 2017.
- Is citrus fruit, total — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.