Watermelons — Yield in Malta
Malta: Watermelons — Yield was 37,879 kg/ha in 2017. ▬ Flat
Watermelons — Yield in Malta, 1998–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — yield in Malta is 37,879 kg/ha, measured in 2017.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Malta peaked at 39,376 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 35,646 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Malta 30th out of 119 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
Watermelons — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 37,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1999 | 36,980 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 36,966 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 36,949 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 35,646 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 37,714 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 37,485 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 38,154 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 37,710 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 37,816 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 39,376 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 37,467 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 36,089 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 37,600 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 38,370 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 38,067 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 37,944 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 37,921 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 37,856 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 37,879 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 37,879 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 27,749 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Malta's 37,879 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 34,000 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36,990 kg/ha | 36,980 kg/ha | 37,000 kg/ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 37,528 kg/ha | 35,646 kg/ha | 39,376 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,716 kg/ha | 36,089 kg/ha | 38,370 kg/ha | 8 |
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More environment data for Malta
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.365 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.16 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8269 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Malta?
- Watermelons — yield in Malta was 37,879 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 39,376 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,646 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Malta rank for watermelons — yield?
- Malta ranks 30th out of 119 countries with data for 2017.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — 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.