Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in Malta
Malta: Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield was 6,998 kg/ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in Malta, 1998–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Malta is 6,998 kg/ha, measured in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Malta peaked at 14,000 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 6,998 kg/ha, in 2017.
That places Malta 61st out of 73 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1999 | 10,435 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 10,426 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 10,425 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 10,000 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 10,791 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 11,211 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 12,000 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 11,000 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 14,000 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2008 | 14,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11,000 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2010 | 8,000 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 2011 | 9,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7,000 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2014 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 7,110 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 7,304 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 6,998 kg/ha | -4.2% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 6,998 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,244 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Malta's 6,998 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 15,433 kg/ha, 45% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10,218 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,435 kg/ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 11,485 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 14,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,676 kg/ha | 6,998 kg/ha | 9,000 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 pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Malta?
- Pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Malta was 6,998 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pomelos and grapefruits — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 14,000 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest pomelos and grapefruits — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,998 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Malta rank for pomelos and grapefruits — yield?
- Malta ranks 61st out of 73 countries with data for 2017.
- Is pomelos and grapefruits — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. 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 Pomelos and grapefruits — 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.