Barley — Yield in Malta
Malta: Barley — Yield was 4,165 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Malta recorded 4,165 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Malta peaked at 4,180 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,211 kg/ha, in 1970.
Malta ranks 29th of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,284 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,288 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 1,455 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1964 | 1,357 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1965 | 1,754 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1966 | 1,268 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1967 | 1,456 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1968 | 1,319 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1969 | 1,268 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1970 | 1,211 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 1,379 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1972 | 1,666 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1973 | 1,724 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 1,684 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 1,812 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1976 | 2,128 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1977 | 2,821 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1978 | 2,776 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 2,899 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 2,878 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 3,601 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1982 | 3,800 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 3,919 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 3,478 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1985 | 3,478 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,454 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 3,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1989 | 3,500 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1990 | 3,637 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 2,250 kg/ha | -38.1% |
| 1992 | 2,181 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 2,143 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 2,167 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 2,000 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1996 | 3,111 kg/ha | +55.6% |
| 1997 | 3,014 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 3,241 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 3,506 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 3,982 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2001 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 3,923 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 4,074 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 3,992 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,038 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 4,115 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 4,170 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 4,115 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 4,136 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 4,122 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 4,180 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 4,158 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 4,165 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 4,165 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 94% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Malta's 4,165 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 3.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — 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 | +55.6% | 2,000 kg/ha | 3,111 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -38.1% | 3,637 kg/ha | 2,250 kg/ha |
| 1977 | +32.6% | 2,128 kg/ha | 2,821 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,383 kg/ha | 1,268 kg/ha | 1,754 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,010 kg/ha | 1,211 kg/ha | 2,899 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,456 kg/ha | 2,878 kg/ha | 3,919 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,725 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 3,637 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,001 kg/ha | 3,923 kg/ha | 4,074 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,145 kg/ha | 4,115 kg/ha | 4,180 kg/ha | 8 |
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Malta?
- Barley — yield in Malta was 4,165 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 4,180 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,211 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Malta rank for barley — yield?
- Malta ranks 29th out of 104 countries with data for 2017.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. 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 Barley — 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.