Other stone fruits — Yield in Malta
Malta: Other stone fruits — Yield was 2,674 kg/ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Other stone fruits — Yield in Malta, 1985–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, other stone fruits — yield in Malta stood at 2,674 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other stone fruits — yield in Malta peaked at 7,273 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 2,421 kg/ha, in 2009.
Malta ranks 27th of 32 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Other stone fruits — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 7,273 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 5,454 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1987 | 5,263 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 5,000 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 4,417 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1990 | 4,362 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 2,626 kg/ha | -39.8% |
| 1992 | 2,632 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 2,639 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 2,652 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 2,657 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 2,500 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 2,663 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 2,683 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 3,000 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2000 | 2,703 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2001 | 2,702 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,701 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,699 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,692 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,681 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 2,670 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 2,660 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 2,650 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 2,421 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2010 | 2,647 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 2,654 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,778 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 2,674 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 2,664 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 2,675 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 2,675 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,674 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 2,674 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,344 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Malta's 2,674 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8,421 kg/ha, 32% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other stone fruits — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -39.8% | 4,362 kg/ha | 2,626 kg/ha |
| 1986 | -25.0% | 7,273 kg/ha | 5,454 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5,481 kg/ha | 4,417 kg/ha | 7,273 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,841 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 4,362 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,658 kg/ha | 2,421 kg/ha | 2,703 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,680 kg/ha | 2,647 kg/ha | 2,778 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 other stone fruits — yield in Malta?
- Other stone fruits — yield in Malta was 2,674 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other stone fruits — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 7,273 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest other stone fruits — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,421 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does Malta rank for other stone fruits — yield?
- Malta ranks 27th out of 32 countries with data for 2017.
- Is other stone fruits — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 Other stone fruits — 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.