Olives — Yield in Malta
Malta: Olives — Yield was 631.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Yield in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Malta recorded 631.6 kg/ha for olives — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 72.7% on the previous year and down 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — yield in Malta peaked at 2,316 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 533.3 kg/ha, in 1972.
Malta ranks 39th of 41 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.
Olives — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,071 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 1,133 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1964 | 1,053 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 1,056 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 1,059 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 1,062 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 1,059 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 1,133 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1970 | 611.1 kg/ha | -46.1% |
| 1971 | 1,357 kg/ha | +122.1% |
| 1972 | 533.3 kg/ha | -60.7% |
| 1973 | 785.7 kg/ha | +47.3% |
| 1974 | 700 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1975 | 633.3 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1976 | 642.9 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 1,210 kg/ha | +88.3% |
| 1978 | 772.7 kg/ha | -36.2% |
| 1979 | 772.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,071 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1981 | 1,077 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 1,667 kg/ha | +54.8% |
| 1983 | 1,750 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 1,667 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,750 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 1,500 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1989 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,778 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1991 | 1,625 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1992 | 1,364 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1993 | 1,000 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1994 | 888.9 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1995 | 769.2 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1996 | 2,000 kg/ha | +160.0% |
| 1997 | 1,250 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1998 | 1,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1999 | 1,333 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 2000 | 1,500 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2001 | 1,000 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2002 | 1,500 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 1,000 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2004 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,096 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2006 | 1,000 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 833.3 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2010 | 971.2 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2011 | 1,027 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 1,038 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 1,030 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 977 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 967.4 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 964.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 952 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 2,316 kg/ha | +143.3% |
| 2024 | 631.6 kg/ha | -72.7% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 631.6 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,488 kg/ha, 25% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Malta's 631.6 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,170 kg/ha, 29% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +160.0% | 769.2 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
| 2023 | +143.3% | 952 kg/ha | 2,316 kg/ha |
| 1971 | +122.1% | 611.1 kg/ha | 1,357 kg/ha |
| 1977 | +88.3% | 642.9 kg/ha | 1,210 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,070 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,133 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 801.93 kg/ha | 533.3 kg/ha | 1,357 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,532 kg/ha | 1,071 kg/ha | 1,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,301 kg/ha | 769.2 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,093 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 991 kg/ha | 952 kg/ha | 1,038 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 1,474 kg/ha | 631.6 kg/ha | 2,316 kg/ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 36 Israel 860.5 kg/ha compare
- 37 Libya 695.8 kg/ha compare
- 38 Serbia and Montenegro 679.6 kg/ha compare
- 40 Tunisia 566.1 kg/ha compare
- 41 Azerbaijan 501.7 kg/ha compare
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 olives — yield in Malta?
- Olives — yield in Malta was 631.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 2,316 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest olives — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 533.3 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Malta rank for olives — yield?
- Malta ranks 39th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.4%. 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 Olives — 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.