Tallow — Production in Malta
Malta: Tallow — Production was 447.65 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Tallow — Production in Malta, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Malta recorded 447.65 t for tallow — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.2% on the previous year and up 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tallow — production in Malta peaked at 1,340 t in 1985 and was at its lowest, 248.75 t, in 2004.
Malta ranks 65th of 71 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Tallow — Production in Malta, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 538.12 t | — |
| 1962 | 596.65 t | +10.9% |
| 1963 | 412.22 t | -30.9% |
| 1964 | 453.98 t | +10.1% |
| 1965 | 544.71 t | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 525.62 t | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 619.84 t | +17.9% |
| 1968 | 501.6 t | -19.1% |
| 1969 | 642.96 t | +28.2% |
| 1970 | 493.94 t | -23.2% |
| 1971 | 647.65 t | +31.1% |
| 1972 | 661.47 t | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 493.48 t | -25.4% |
| 1974 | 591.12 t | +19.8% |
| 1975 | 728.74 t | +23.3% |
| 1976 | 1,154 t | +58.3% |
| 1977 | 986.19 t | -14.5% |
| 1978 | 1,097 t | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 872.5 t | -20.5% |
| 1980 | 1,168 t | +33.9% |
| 1981 | 832.51 t | -28.8% |
| 1982 | 1,172 t | +40.8% |
| 1983 | 826.18 t | -29.5% |
| 1984 | 867.44 t | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 1,340 t | +54.5% |
| 1986 | 883.53 t | -34.1% |
| 1987 | 1,148 t | +29.9% |
| 1988 | 1,091 t | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 1,306 t | +19.7% |
| 1990 | 410.02 t | -68.6% |
| 1991 | 711.11 t | +73.4% |
| 1992 | 644.48 t | -9.4% |
| 1993 | 499.18 t | -22.5% |
| 1994 | 417.86 t | -16.3% |
| 1995 | 309.32 t | -26.0% |
| 1996 | 304.91 t | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 294.64 t | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 277.42 t | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 457.75 t | +65.0% |
| 2000 | 410.16 t | -10.4% |
| 2001 | 382.5 t | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 366.6 t | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 485.91 t | +32.5% |
| 2004 | 248.75 t | -48.8% |
| 2005 | 294.95 t | +18.6% |
| 2006 | 273.58 t | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 334.1 t | +22.1% |
| 2008 | 365.46 t | +9.4% |
| 2009 | 417.27 t | +14.2% |
| 2010 | 563.81 t | +35.1% |
| 2011 | 507.89 t | -9.9% |
| 2012 | 354.62 t | -30.2% |
| 2013 | 348.17 t | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 393.18 t | +12.9% |
| 2015 | 328.28 t | -16.5% |
| 2016 | 351.18 t | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 379.62 t | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 387.11 t | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 415.75 t | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 425.03 t | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 422.72 t | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 406.14 t | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 447.65 t | +10.2% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 447.65 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 7,900 t, 6% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 537.3 t | 412.22 t | 642.96 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 772.59 t | 493.48 t | 1,154 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,063 t | 826.18 t | 1,340 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 432.67 t | 277.42 t | 711.11 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 357.93 t | 248.75 t | 485.91 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 402.96 t | 328.28 t | 563.81 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 425.38 t | 406.14 t | 447.65 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 62 El Salvador 531.44 t compare
- 63 North Macedonia 500 t compare
- 64 Luxembourg 450.73 t compare
- 66 Iceland 255.13 t compare
- 67 China, Hong Kong SAR 196.23 t compare
- 68 Madagascar 76.16 t 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 tallow — production in Malta?
- Tallow — production in Malta was 447.65 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tallow — production recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1,340 t in 1985.
- What is the lowest tallow — production recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 248.75 t in 2004.
- How does Malta rank for tallow — production?
- Malta ranks 65th out of 71 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tallow — production rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tallow — 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.