This chapter provides statistics on the agriculture and fisheries activities by region in MALTA. The first part provides information on the sales by quantity and value of produced fruit and vegetables. Following this, a series of indicators related to livestock show the number of heads and type of livestock that were reared as well as the number of licences that were operating locally. Then, the last part covers the local fisheries sector and portrays data on the quantity and value of fish landings recorded in MALTA by the different fish species.
Salient Points
Fruit and Vegetables: 2024
… 93.8 per cent of the total quantity of vegetables, or €22.2 million, was produced in the Malta region.
… 85.2 per cent of the total quantity of fruit, or €3.4 million, was produced in Malta region.
… Gozo and Comino region yielded €1.9 million worth of vegetables and €0.2 million worth of fruit.
Livestock heads and licences: 2024
… 73.3 per cent of the total licences were registered in the Malta region, while the Gozo and Comino region accounted for the remaining 26.7 per cent.
… the highest number of reared livestock heads in the Malta region was that of pigs while in the Gozo and Comino region was that of cattle.
Fisheries: 2024
… a total of 1.8 million kilogrammes of fish landings registered in MALTA in 2024, of which 93.9 per cent were recorded by Maltese fishermen.
… the total value of fish landings by Gozitan fishermen accounted for 7.6 per cent of the total value of fish landings recorded in MALTA.
