Poultry meat per animal in Malta
Malta: Poultry meat per animal was 1.64 kilograms per animal in 2024. ▲ Rising
Poultry meat per animal in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilograms per animal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poultry meat per animal in Malta is 1.64 kilograms per animal, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry meat per animal in Malta peaked at 1.82 kilograms per animal in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.2 kilograms per animal, in 1961.
Malta ranks 72nd of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.2 kilograms per animal | 1.2 kilograms per animal | 1.21 kilograms per animal | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.21 kilograms per animal | 1.2 kilograms per animal | 1.22 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.22 kilograms per animal | 1.21 kilograms per animal | 1.22 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.32 kilograms per animal | 1.21 kilograms per animal | 1.48 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.57 kilograms per animal | 1.46 kilograms per animal | 1.68 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.74 kilograms per animal | 1.66 kilograms per animal | 1.82 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.65 kilograms per animal | 1.59 kilograms per animal | 1.71 kilograms per animal | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Malta
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 130.29 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 25,040 (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 4.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 0 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry meat per animal in Malta?
- Poultry meat per animal in Malta was 1.64 kilograms per animal in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poultry meat per animal recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.82 kilograms per animal in 2016.
- What is the lowest poultry meat per animal recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2 kilograms per animal in 1961.
- How does Malta rank for poultry meat per animal?
- Malta ranks 72nd out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poultry meat per animal rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poultry meat per animal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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