Figs — Yield in Malta
Malta: Figs — Yield was 2,300 kg/ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Figs — Yield in Malta, 1985–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Malta recorded 2,300 kg/ha for figs — yield in 2017.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, figs — yield in Malta peaked at 3,320 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1,957 kg/ha, in 2007.
That places Malta 41st out of 51 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Figs — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,788 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,788 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,909 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 2,909 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,030 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 3,186 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 3,320 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 3,248 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 3,176 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 3,108 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 3,032 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 3,077 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 2,917 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 3,109 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 2,984 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 2,745 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 2,450 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 2,133 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2003 | 2,282 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 2,090 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 2,156 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 2,708 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2007 | 1,957 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2008 | 2,256 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2009 | 2,553 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2010 | 2,311 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 2,308 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,358 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 2,354 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 2,281 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 2,264 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 2,305 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 2,300 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 2,300 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,425 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Malta's 2,300 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 5,360 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,885 kg/ha | 2,788 kg/ha | 3,030 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 3,116 kg/ha | 2,917 kg/ha | 3,320 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,333 kg/ha | 1,957 kg/ha | 2,745 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,310 kg/ha | 2,264 kg/ha | 2,358 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 figs — yield in Malta?
- Figs — yield in Malta was 2,300 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest figs — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 3,320 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest figs — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,957 kg/ha in 2007.
- How does Malta rank for figs — yield?
- Malta ranks 41st out of 51 countries with data for 2017.
- Is figs — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. 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 Figs — 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.