Spinach — Yield in Malta
Malta: Spinach — Yield was 10,976 kg/ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Spinach — Yield in Malta, 1998–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — yield in Malta is 10,976 kg/ha, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Malta peaked at 13,333 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 10,667 kg/ha, in 2012.
Malta ranks 39th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 12,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1999 | 12,443 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 13,333 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 12,941 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 12,632 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 12,500 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 12,220 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 11,450 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 11,836 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 11,790 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 11,667 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 11,280 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 11,591 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 10,667 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 11,600 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2014 | 11,268 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 11,114 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 11,053 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 10,976 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 10,976 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 10,617 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Malta's 10,976 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 13,837 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,221 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 12,443 kg/ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 12,287 kg/ha | 11,450 kg/ha | 13,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,194 kg/ha | 10,667 kg/ha | 11,600 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 spinach — yield in Malta?
- Spinach — yield in Malta was 10,976 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 13,333 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,667 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Malta rank for spinach — yield?
- Malta ranks 39th out of 67 countries with data for 2017.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. 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 Spinach — 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.