What is the difference in bean yields between France and Malta?

0.19 tonnes per hectare, with Malta ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for France and Malta?

57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Bean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

France vs Malta: Bean yields

France

2.41 tonnes per hectare

in 2017

Malta

2.6 tonnes per hectare

in 2017

France rank

21st

Malta rank

20th

Bean yields over time

France
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 2.6 tonnes per hectare against 2.41 tonnes per hectare in France, a difference of 0.19 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.

France ranks 21st and Malta ranks 20th of 133 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, France averaged higher in 3 and Malta in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	France	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.07 tonnes per hectare	1.1 tonnes per hectare	0.0277 tonnes per hectare	Malta
1970s	1.4 tonnes per hectare	1.03 tonnes per hectare	0.3695 tonnes per hectare	France
1980s	1.8 tonnes per hectare	2.18 tonnes per hectare	0.3806 tonnes per hectare	Malta
1990s	2.07 tonnes per hectare	2 tonnes per hectare	0.0752 tonnes per hectare	France
2000s	2.73 tonnes per hectare	2.32 tonnes per hectare	0.4091 tonnes per hectare	France
2010s	2.12 tonnes per hectare	2.55 tonnes per hectare	0.4309 tonnes per hectare	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher bean yields, France or Malta?: Malta, at 2.6 tonnes per hectare against 2.41 tonnes per hectare in France as of 2017.
What is the difference in bean yields between France and Malta?: 0.19 tonnes per hectare, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Malta?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do France and Malta rank globally for bean yields?: France ranks 21st and Malta ranks 20th of 133 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Bean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Bean yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 133 places, 6,635 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.