Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Malta
Malta: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield was 3,137 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Malta is 3,137 kg/ha, measured in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Malta peaked at 3,840 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1,667 kg/ha, in 1961.
Malta ranks 51st of 57 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,787 kg/ha | +67.2% |
| 1967 | 2,301 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1968 | 3,135 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1969 | 2,281 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1970 | 2,507 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1971 | 3,209 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1972 | 2,653 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1973 | 2,471 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1974 | 2,531 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 3,160 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1976 | 3,214 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 2,594 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1978 | 2,712 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 3,377 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1980 | 3,585 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 2,631 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1982 | 3,039 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1983 | 3,021 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 3,077 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 3,200 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 3,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 2,950 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 2,930 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 2,943 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 2,957 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 2,956 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,966 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 3,000 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 2,998 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 2,898 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 3,070 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 3,100 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 2,240 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2002 | 3,840 kg/ha | +71.4% |
| 2003 | 3,226 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2004 | 3,044 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 3,078 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 3,116 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 3,134 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 3,206 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 3,160 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 3,149 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 3,132 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 3,136 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 3,139 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 3,154 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 3,149 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 3,134 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 3,137 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 3,137 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,710 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Malta's 3,137 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 10,681 kg/ha, 29% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Broad beans and horse beans, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +71.4% | 2,240 kg/ha | 3,840 kg/ha |
| 1966 | +67.2% | 1,667 kg/ha | 2,787 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +36.2% | 2,301 kg/ha | 3,135 kg/ha |
| 1971 | +28.0% | 2,507 kg/ha | 3,209 kg/ha |
| 2001 | -27.7% | 3,100 kg/ha | 2,240 kg/ha |
| 1969 | -27.3% | 3,135 kg/ha | 2,281 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,093 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 3,135 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,843 kg/ha | 2,471 kg/ha | 3,377 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,115 kg/ha | 2,631 kg/ha | 3,585 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,967 kg/ha | 2,898 kg/ha | 3,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,114 kg/ha | 2,240 kg/ha | 3,840 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,141 kg/ha | 3,132 kg/ha | 3,154 kg/ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Malta?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Malta was 3,137 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 3,840 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,667 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Malta rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — yield?
- Malta ranks 51st out of 57 countries with data for 2017.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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, green — 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.