Tomatoes — Yield in Malta
Malta: Tomatoes — Yield was 38,727 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Yield in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, tomatoes — yield in Malta stood at 38,727 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Malta peaked at 65,753 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 6,953 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Malta 72nd out of 169 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.
Tomatoes — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,953 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,953 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,281 kg/ha | +47.9% |
| 1964 | 9,427 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1965 | 9,707 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 9,038 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1967 | 7,539 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1968 | 7,091 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1969 | 12,954 kg/ha | +82.7% |
| 1970 | 12,640 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 23,240 kg/ha | +83.9% |
| 1972 | 23,404 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 22,441 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 27,115 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1975 | 26,962 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 28,617 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 25,075 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1978 | 21,795 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1979 | 25,877 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1980 | 31,181 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1981 | 32,285 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 32,164 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 31,412 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 27,624 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1985 | 28,681 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 30,189 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 30,909 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 31,034 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 32,000 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 31,468 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 35,905 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1992 | 32,295 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 32,358 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 30,000 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1995 | 27,692 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1996 | 65,753 kg/ha | +137.4% |
| 1997 | 46,342 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1998 | 39,196 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1999 | 39,220 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 41,476 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 34,098 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2002 | 24,284 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 2003 | 40,719 kg/ha | +67.7% |
| 2004 | 42,883 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 40,903 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 41,155 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 39,055 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 39,135 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 38,553 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 39,034 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 38,978 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 37,140 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 39,056 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 39,356 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 39,013 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 38,732 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 38,727 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 38,727 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 71,720 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Malta's 38,727 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 64,976 kg/ha, 60% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +137.4% | 27,692 kg/ha | 65,753 kg/ha |
| 1971 | +83.9% | 12,640 kg/ha | 23,240 kg/ha |
| 1969 | +82.7% | 7,091 kg/ha | 12,954 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +67.7% | 24,284 kg/ha | 40,719 kg/ha |
| 1963 | +47.9% | 6,953 kg/ha | 10,281 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,882 kg/ha | 6,953 kg/ha | 12,954 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,717 kg/ha | 12,640 kg/ha | 28,617 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,748 kg/ha | 27,624 kg/ha | 32,285 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,023 kg/ha | 27,692 kg/ha | 65,753 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,226 kg/ha | 24,284 kg/ha | 42,883 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,755 kg/ha | 37,140 kg/ha | 39,356 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 tomatoes — yield in Malta?
- Tomatoes — yield in Malta was 38,727 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 65,753 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,953 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Malta rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Malta ranks 72nd out of 169 countries with data for 2017.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.