Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Malta
Malta: Locust beans (carobs) — Yield was 2,000 kg/ha in 1990. ◆ Volatile
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Malta, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 1990, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Malta stood at 2,000 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 42.7% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Malta peaked at 10,093 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 1,895 kg/ha, in 1979.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,556 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 8,421 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 8,564 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 8,550 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 8,550 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,093 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1968 | 10,059 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 8,832 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1970 | 7,428 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1971 | 4,784 kg/ha | -35.6% |
| 1972 | 2,904 kg/ha | -39.3% |
| 1973 | 4,500 kg/ha | +54.9% |
| 1974 | 3,978 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1975 | 2,650 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 1976 | 2,883 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 3,032 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 2,707 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1979 | 1,895 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1980 | 2,787 kg/ha | +47.0% |
| 1981 | 2,803 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 2,440 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1983 | 3,558 kg/ha | +45.8% |
| 1984 | 3,558 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,600 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 3,556 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 3,529 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 3,500 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 3,493 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 2,000 kg/ha | -42.7% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 2,000 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,058 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Malta's 2,000 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,561 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,903 kg/ha | 8,421 kg/ha | 10,093 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,676 kg/ha | 1,895 kg/ha | 7,428 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,282 kg/ha | 2,440 kg/ha | 3,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 1 |
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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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — yield in Malta?
- Locust beans (carobs) — yield in Malta was 2,000 kg/ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 10,093 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,895 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Malta rank for locust beans (carobs) — yield?
- Malta ranks 9th out of 14 countries with data for 1990.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. 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 Locust beans (carobs) — 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.