Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Malta
Malta: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 20,951 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Malta recorded 20,951 kg/ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Malta peaked at 23,257 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 2,500 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Malta 45th out of 120 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,712 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1963 | 9,154 kg/ha | +266.2% |
| 1964 | 7,454 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1965 | 8,544 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1966 | 7,316 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1967 | 9,828 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 1968 | 8,123 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1969 | 8,686 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 8,145 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 8,404 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 18,687 kg/ha | +122.4% |
| 1973 | 13,456 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1974 | 14,825 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1975 | 14,309 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1976 | 16,052 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1977 | 16,422 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 15,497 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 15,820 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 16,920 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1981 | 19,456 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1982 | 20,222 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 19,146 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 18,714 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 18,235 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 18,235 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 18,824 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 18,824 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 20,000 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 18,857 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 19,994 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 20,140 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 20,285 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 20,486 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 20,363 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 20,000 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 20,586 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 19,150 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1999 | 20,962 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 21,236 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 22,500 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 22,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 22,222 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 22,572 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 20,588 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 22,387 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 23,257 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 20,400 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2009 | 22,000 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 21,840 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 21,100 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 21,329 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 20,757 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 21,141 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 21,203 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 21,013 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 20,951 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 20,951 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 20,824 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Malta's 20,951 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25,361 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +266.2% | 2,500 kg/ha | 9,154 kg/ha |
| 1972 | +122.4% | 8,404 kg/ha | 18,687 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,146 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 9,828 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,162 kg/ha | 8,145 kg/ha | 18,687 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,857 kg/ha | 16,920 kg/ha | 20,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,082 kg/ha | 18,857 kg/ha | 20,962 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,966 kg/ha | 20,400 kg/ha | 23,257 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,167 kg/ha | 20,757 kg/ha | 21,840 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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Malta?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Malta was 20,951 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 23,257 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Malta rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Malta ranks 45th out of 120 countries with data for 2017.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. 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 Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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.