Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Malta
Malta: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield was 2,871 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Malta recorded 2,871 kg/ha for broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in 2017.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Malta peaked at 2,880 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 682.4 kg/ha, in 1963.
Malta ranks 18th of 73 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,168 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,192 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 682.4 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 1964 | 1,681 kg/ha | +146.3% |
| 1965 | 2,028 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1990 | 2,467 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1991 | 2,442 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 2,453 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 2,463 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 2,487 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 2,484 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 2,480 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 2,400 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 2,518 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 2,500 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 2,570 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 2,741 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 2,634 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 2,654 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 2,647 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,659 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 2,593 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 2,857 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 2,753 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 2,763 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 2,763 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,759 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,800 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 2,880 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 2,856 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 2,854 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,859 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,871 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 2,871 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,273 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Malta's 2,871 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,388 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Broad beans and horse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +146.3% | 682.4 kg/ha | 1,681 kg/ha |
| 1963 | -42.8% | 1,192 kg/ha | 682.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,350 kg/ha | 682.4 kg/ha | 2,028 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,470 kg/ha | 2,400 kg/ha | 2,518 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,687 kg/ha | 2,570 kg/ha | 2,857 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,830 kg/ha | 2,759 kg/ha | 2,880 kg/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 broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Malta?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Malta was 2,871 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 2,880 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 682.4 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Malta rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield?
- Malta ranks 18th out of 73 countries with data for 2017.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 Broad beans and horse 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.