What is bean yields in Malta?

Bean yields in Malta was 2.6 tonnes per hectare in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest bean yields recorded in Malta?

The highest recorded value was 2.86 tonnes per hectare in 1984.

What is the lowest bean yields recorded in Malta?

The lowest recorded value was 0.4686 tonnes per hectare in 1961.

How does Malta rank for bean yields?

Malta ranks 20th out of 132 regions with data for 2017.

Is bean yields rising or falling in Malta?

Over the last ten years it is up 30.2%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Bean yields in Malta

Name: Bean yields in Malta
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Malta: Bean yields was 2.6 tonnes per hectare in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)

2.6 tonnes per hectare

Change on year

up 0.8%

Rank

20th

of 132 regions

All-time high

2.86 tonnes per hectare

in 1984

All-time low

0.4686 tonnes per hectare

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2017

Bean yields in Malta, 1961–2017

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.

Analysis

In 2017, bean yields in Malta stood at 2.6 tonnes per hectare.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 30.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, bean yields in Malta peaked at 2.86 tonnes per hectare in 1984 and was at its lowest, 0.4686 tonnes per hectare, in 1961.

Malta ranks 20th of 132 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	1.1 tonnes per hectare	0.4686 tonnes per hectare	2.03 tonnes per hectare	9
1970s	1.03 tonnes per hectare	0.8492 tonnes per hectare	1.23 tonnes per hectare	10
1980s	2.18 tonnes per hectare	1.67 tonnes per hectare	2.86 tonnes per hectare	10
1990s	2 tonnes per hectare	1.67 tonnes per hectare	2.5 tonnes per hectare	10
2000s	2.32 tonnes per hectare	2 tonnes per hectare	2.5 tonnes per hectare	10
2010s	2.55 tonnes per hectare	2.41 tonnes per hectare	2.67 tonnes per hectare	8

Countries ranked near Malta

17 Poland 2.77 tonnes per hectare compare
18 Belarus 2.75 tonnes per hectare compare
19 Canada 2.65 tonnes per hectare compare
21 France 2.41 tonnes per hectare compare
22 United States 2.32 tonnes per hectare compare
23 Greece 2.24 tonnes per hectare compare

See the full ranking of 133 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Malta

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 130.29 million current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.5% (2025)
Rural population 25,040 (2025)
Rural population growth 1.3% (2025)
Rural population 4.3% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
Land under cereal production 0 hectares (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is bean yields in Malta?: Bean yields in Malta was 2.6 tonnes per hectare in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest bean yields recorded in Malta?: The highest recorded value was 2.86 tonnes per hectare in 1984.
What is the lowest bean yields recorded in Malta?: The lowest recorded value was 0.4686 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
How does Malta rank for bean yields?: Malta ranks 20th out of 132 regions with data for 2017.
Is bean yields rising or falling in Malta?: Over the last ten years it is up 30.2%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

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: 07 August 2026

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