Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Malta
Malta: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 26,555 kg/ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Malta, 1998–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Malta is 26,555 kg/ha, measured in 2017.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Malta peaked at 29,482 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 26,185 kg/ha, in 2009.
Malta ranks 63rd of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 28,800 kg/ha | — |
| 1999 | 28,077 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 27,965 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 27,143 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 27,987 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 28,433 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 27,760 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 28,101 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 29,482 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 28,177 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 28,367 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 26,185 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 26,900 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 26,852 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 27,518 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 26,536 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 26,731 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 26,788 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 26,665 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 26,555 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 26,555 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 69,682 kg/ha, 38% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Malta's 26,555 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 45,075 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28,438 kg/ha | 28,077 kg/ha | 28,800 kg/ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 27,960 kg/ha | 26,185 kg/ha | 29,482 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,818 kg/ha | 26,536 kg/ha | 27,518 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 60 Panama 28,437 kg/ha compare
- 61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27,880 kg/ha compare
- 62 Saint Lucia 26,593 kg/ha compare
- 64 Canada 26,335 kg/ha compare
- 65 Kazakhstan 25,569 kg/ha compare
- 66 China, Taiwan Province of 25,162 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 cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Malta?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Malta was 26,555 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 29,482 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,185 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does Malta rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Malta ranks 63rd out of 134 countries with data for 2017.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. 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 Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.