Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Malta
Malta: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 19,445 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Malta, 1998–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, lettuce and chicory — yield in Malta stood at 19,445 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Malta peaked at 19,445 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 16,875 kg/ha, in 1998.
That places Malta 44th out of 107 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 16,875 kg/ha | — |
| 1999 | 16,947 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 17,075 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 17,206 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 17,340 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 17,467 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 17,622 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 17,770 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 17,953 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 17,765 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 18,235 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 18,458 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 19,086 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 18,662 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 18,682 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 18,904 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 19,075 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 19,223 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 19,319 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 19,445 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 19,445 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Malta's 19,445 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 19,445 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16,911 kg/ha | 16,875 kg/ha | 16,947 kg/ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 17,689 kg/ha | 17,075 kg/ha | 18,458 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,049 kg/ha | 18,662 kg/ha | 19,445 kg/ha | 8 |
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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 lettuce and chicory — yield in Malta?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Malta was 19,445 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 19,445 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,875 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Malta rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Malta ranks 44th out of 107 countries with data for 2017.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.