Lemons and limes — Yield in Malta
Malta: Lemons and limes — Yield was 14,509 kg/ha in 2017. ▬ Flat
Lemons and limes — Yield in Malta, 1998–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — yield in Malta is 14,509 kg/ha, measured in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Malta peaked at 15,165 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 13,325 kg/ha, in 2009.
That places Malta 44th out of 107 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 14,583 kg/ha | — |
| 1999 | 14,444 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 14,369 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 14,243 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 14,466 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 14,477 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 14,450 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 14,571 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 14,569 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 14,900 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 14,311 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 13,325 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 14,212 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 14,500 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 14,133 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 14,657 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 15,165 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 15,076 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 14,498 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 14,509 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 14,509 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 17,480 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Malta's 14,509 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 17,535 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14,514 kg/ha | 14,444 kg/ha | 14,583 kg/ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 14,368 kg/ha | 13,325 kg/ha | 14,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,594 kg/ha | 14,133 kg/ha | 15,165 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 41 Saint Lucia 15,197 kg/ha compare
- 42 Tunisia 14,917 kg/ha compare
- 43 Peru 14,651 kg/ha compare
- 45 China, Taiwan Province of 14,441 kg/ha compare
- 46 Sudan (former) 14,199 kg/ha compare
- 47 Tajikistan 14,021 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 lemons and limes — yield in Malta?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Malta was 14,509 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 15,165 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,325 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does Malta rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Malta ranks 44th out of 107 countries with data for 2017.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lemons and limes — 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.