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

0.36 tonnes per hectare, with Malta ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Greece 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.

Greece vs Malta: Bean yields

Greece

2.24 tonnes per hectare

in 2017

Malta

2.6 tonnes per hectare

in 2017

Greece rank

23rd

Malta rank

20th

Bean yields over time

Greece
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 2.6 tonnes per hectare against 2.24 tonnes per hectare in Greece, a difference of 0.36 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.2 times Greece's.

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

Greece ranks 23rd and Malta ranks 20th of 133 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 1 and Malta in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greece	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.7641 tonnes per hectare	1.1 tonnes per hectare	0.3385 tonnes per hectare	Malta
1970s	1.09 tonnes per hectare	1.03 tonnes per hectare	0.0624 tonnes per hectare	Greece
1980s	1.37 tonnes per hectare	2.18 tonnes per hectare	0.8073 tonnes per hectare	Malta
1990s	1.85 tonnes per hectare	2 tonnes per hectare	0.1415 tonnes per hectare	Malta
2000s	2.08 tonnes per hectare	2.32 tonnes per hectare	0.2329 tonnes per hectare	Malta
2010s	2.25 tonnes per hectare	2.55 tonnes per hectare	0.2984 tonnes per hectare	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher bean yields, Greece or Malta?: Malta, at 2.6 tonnes per hectare against 2.24 tonnes per hectare in Greece as of 2017.
What is the difference in bean yields between Greece and Malta?: 0.36 tonnes per hectare, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Malta?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Greece and Malta rank globally for bean yields?: Greece ranks 23rd 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.