Beans, dry — Yield in Malta
Malta: Beans, dry — Yield was 2,604 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, beans, dry — yield in Malta stood at 2,604 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Malta peaked at 2,857 kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 468.6 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Malta 20th out of 127 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 468.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,192 kg/ha | +154.4% |
| 1963 | 682.4 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 1964 | 1,681 kg/ha | +146.3% |
| 1965 | 2,028 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1966 | 750.9 kg/ha | -63.0% |
| 1967 | 1,064 kg/ha | +41.6% |
| 1968 | 878.3 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1969 | 1,179 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 1970 | 988.4 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1971 | 1,229 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1972 | 1,003 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1973 | 1,060 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 889.8 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1975 | 865.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 1,211 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 1977 | 849.2 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 1978 | 945.5 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 1,228 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 1980 | 2,101 kg/ha | +71.0% |
| 1981 | 2,167 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 1,671 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1983 | 2,079 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1984 | 2,857 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1985 | 2,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1987 | 2,028 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 2,028 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,028 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,066 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 2,000 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 1,667 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,880 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1995 | 1,679 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1996 | 2,500 kg/ha | +48.9% |
| 1997 | 2,125 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1998 | 2,146 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 2,223 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 2,206 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 2,259 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 2,298 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 2,313 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 2,305 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,334 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 2,500 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 2,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 2,500 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2009 | 2,452 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 2,667 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 2,414 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 2,500 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,547 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 2,586 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 2,583 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,604 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 2,604 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,764 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Malta's 2,604 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,914 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +154.4% | 468.6 kg/ha | 1,192 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +146.3% | 682.4 kg/ha | 1,681 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,103 kg/ha | 468.6 kg/ha | 2,028 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,027 kg/ha | 849.2 kg/ha | 1,229 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,182 kg/ha | 1,671 kg/ha | 2,857 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,995 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,317 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,550 kg/ha | 2,414 kg/ha | 2,667 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)
- 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 — yield in Malta?
- Beans, dry — yield in Malta was 2,604 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 2,857 kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 468.6 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Malta rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Malta ranks 20th out of 127 countries with data for 2017.
- Is beans, dry — yield 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, published as part of Beans, dry — 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.