Olive oil — Production in Malta
Malta: Olive oil — Production was 7.14 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Olive oil — Production in Malta, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for olive oil — production in Malta is 7.14 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 28.2% on the previous year and down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olive oil — production in Malta peaked at 16.78 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.15 t, in 2020.
That places Malta 33rd out of 35 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Olive oil — Production in Malta, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.7 t | — |
| 1962 | 2.88 t | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 3.06 t | +6.3% |
| 1964 | 3.6 t | +17.6% |
| 1965 | 3.42 t | -5.0% |
| 1966 | 3.24 t | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 3.06 t | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 3.24 t | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 3.06 t | -5.6% |
| 1970 | 1.98 t | -35.3% |
| 1971 | 3.42 t | +72.7% |
| 1972 | 1.44 t | -57.9% |
| 1973 | 1.98 t | +37.5% |
| 1974 | 3.78 t | +90.9% |
| 1975 | 3.42 t | -9.5% |
| 1976 | 3.24 t | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 4.14 t | +27.8% |
| 1978 | 3.06 t | -26.1% |
| 1979 | 3.06 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2.7 t | -11.8% |
| 1981 | 2.52 t | -6.7% |
| 1982 | 3.6 t | +42.9% |
| 1983 | 3.78 t | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 3.6 t | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 3.6 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3.6 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3.78 t | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 3.24 t | -14.3% |
| 1989 | 2.7 t | -16.7% |
| 1990 | 2.88 t | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 2.34 t | -18.8% |
| 1992 | 2.7 t | +15.4% |
| 1993 | 1.8 t | -33.3% |
| 1994 | 1.44 t | -20.0% |
| 1995 | 1.8 t | +25.0% |
| 1996 | 1.8 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.98 t | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 0.36 t | -81.8% |
| 1999 | 0.72 t | +100.0% |
| 2000 | 0.54 t | -25.0% |
| 2001 | 0.18 t | -66.7% |
| 2002 | 0.54 t | +200.0% |
| 2003 | 0.54 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4.5 t | +733.3% |
| 2005 | 3.96 t | -12.0% |
| 2006 | 1.98 t | -50.0% |
| 2007 | 3.06 t | +54.5% |
| 2008 | 2.16 t | -29.4% |
| 2009 | 1.26 t | -41.7% |
| 2010 | 2.72 t | +115.9% |
| 2011 | 6.85 t | +151.8% |
| 2012 | 8.07 t | +17.8% |
| 2013 | 8.92 t | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 12.62 t | +41.5% |
| 2015 | 15.51 t | +22.9% |
| 2016 | 16.78 t | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 10.1 t | -39.8% |
| 2018 | 9.91 t | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 5.98 t | -39.7% |
| 2020 | 0.15 t | -97.5% |
| 2021 | 6.54 t | +4260.0% |
| 2022 | 9.94 t | +52.0% |
| 2023 | 7.14 t | -28.2% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 7.14 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,500 t, 0% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Malta's 7.14 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25,028 t, 0% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olive oil — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +4260.0% | 0.15 t | 6.54 t |
| 2004 | +733.3% | 0.54 t | 4.5 t |
| 2002 | +200.0% | 0.18 t | 0.54 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.14 t | 2.7 t | 3.6 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.95 t | 1.44 t | 4.14 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.31 t | 2.52 t | 3.78 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.78 t | 0.36 t | 2.88 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.87 t | 0.18 t | 4.5 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.75 t | 2.72 t | 16.78 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.94 t | 0.15 t | 9.94 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 30 Peru 279 t compare
- 31 Serbia and Montenegro 158 t compare
- 32 Montenegro 25.09 t compare
- 34 Colombia 0 t
- 34 Ukraine 0 t
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 olive oil — production in Malta?
- Olive oil — production in Malta was 7.14 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olive oil — production recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 16.78 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest olive oil — production recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.15 t in 2020.
- How does Malta rank for olive oil — production?
- Malta ranks 33rd out of 35 countries with data for 2023.
- Is olive oil — production rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. 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 Olive oil — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.