Beans, dry — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 124 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malta recorded 124 ha for beans, dry — area harvested in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Malta peaked at 866 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 124 ha, in 2017.
That places Malta 114th out of 129 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 685 ha | — |
| 1962 | 573 ha | -16.4% |
| 1963 | 866 ha | +51.1% |
| 1964 | 639 ha | -26.2% |
| 1965 | 638 ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 285 ha | -55.3% |
| 1967 | 315 ha | +10.5% |
| 1968 | 378 ha | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 291 ha | -23.0% |
| 1970 | 258 ha | -11.3% |
| 1971 | 319 ha | +23.6% |
| 1972 | 304 ha | -4.7% |
| 1973 | 302 ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 354 ha | +17.2% |
| 1975 | 356 ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 445 ha | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 378 ha | -15.1% |
| 1978 | 367 ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 372 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 326 ha | -12.4% |
| 1981 | 300 ha | -8.0% |
| 1982 | 283 ha | -5.7% |
| 1983 | 291 ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 350 ha | +20.3% |
| 1985 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 355 ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 355 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 355 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 302 ha | -14.9% |
| 1991 | 350 ha | +15.9% |
| 1992 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 300 ha | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 261 ha | -13.0% |
| 1995 | 280 ha | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 200 ha | -28.6% |
| 1997 | 229 ha | +14.5% |
| 1998 | 220 ha | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 202 ha | -8.2% |
| 2000 | 192 ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 175 ha | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 152 ha | -13.1% |
| 2003 | 156 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 154 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 152 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 130 ha | -14.5% |
| 2007 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 155 ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 150 ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 145 ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 150 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 145 ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 126 ha | -13.1% |
| 2016 | 127 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 124 ha | -2.4% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 124 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,547 ha, 3% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Malta's 124 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,040 ha, 6% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 518.89 ha | 285 ha | 866 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 345.5 ha | 258 ha | 445 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 331.5 ha | 283 ha | 355 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 270.4 ha | 200 ha | 360 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 157.6 ha | 130 ha | 192 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 139.62 ha | 124 ha | 150 ha | 8 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Malta
- 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)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — area harvested in Malta?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Malta was 124 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 866 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 124 ha in 2017.
- How does Malta rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 114th out of 129 countries with data for 2017.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.