Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Malta
Malta: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 851 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Malta stood at 851 ha.
That represents a change of up 73.3% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Malta peaked at 1,100 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 220 ha, in 1971.
Malta ranks 28th of 61 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Malta, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 333 ha | -44.5% |
| 1967 | 345 ha | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 252 ha | -27.0% |
| 1969 | 310 ha | +23.0% |
| 1970 | 361 ha | +16.5% |
| 1971 | 220 ha | -39.1% |
| 1972 | 271 ha | +23.2% |
| 1973 | 295 ha | +8.9% |
| 1974 | 271 ha | -8.1% |
| 1975 | 243 ha | -10.3% |
| 1976 | 295 ha | +21.4% |
| 1977 | 249 ha | -15.6% |
| 1978 | 257 ha | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 260 ha | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 248 ha | -4.6% |
| 1981 | 236 ha | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 257 ha | +8.9% |
| 1983 | 284 ha | +10.5% |
| 1984 | 260 ha | -8.5% |
| 1985 | 250 ha | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 240 ha | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 486 ha | +102.5% |
| 1992 | 496 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 506 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 510 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 429 ha | -15.9% |
| 1996 | 400 ha | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 550 ha | +37.5% |
| 1998 | 480 ha | -12.7% |
| 1999 | 500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 480 ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 400 ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 349 ha | -12.8% |
| 2003 | 358 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 800 ha | +123.5% |
| 2005 | 1,100 ha | +37.5% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 865 ha | -13.5% |
| 2008 | 1,100 ha | +27.2% |
| 2009 | 973 ha | -11.5% |
| 2010 | 803 ha | -17.5% |
| 2011 | 820 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 808 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 710 ha | -12.1% |
| 2014 | 975 ha | +37.3% |
| 2015 | 797 ha | -18.3% |
| 2016 | 491 ha | -38.4% |
| 2017 | 851 ha | +73.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 471.11 ha | 252 ha | 600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 272.2 ha | 220 ha | 361 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 253.5 ha | 236 ha | 284 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 459.7 ha | 240 ha | 550 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 742.5 ha | 349 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 781.88 ha | 491 ha | 975 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Malta?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Malta was 851 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 220 ha in 1971.
- How does Malta rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- Malta ranks 28th out of 61 countries with data for 2017.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested. 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.