Vetches — Yield in Malta
Malta: Vetches — Yield was 2,894 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Vetches — Yield in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vetches — yield in Malta is 2,894 kg/ha, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — yield in Malta peaked at 3,245 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 1,857 kg/ha, in 1961.
Malta ranks 8th of 43 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Vetches — Yield in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,857 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 2,289 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1964 | 1,936 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1965 | 2,513 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1966 | 2,095 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1967 | 2,739 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 1968 | 2,510 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1969 | 2,622 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 3,017 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1971 | 3,080 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 3,245 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1973 | 3,093 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 2,523 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1975 | 2,664 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 3,006 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1977 | 2,851 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1978 | 2,707 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 2,833 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 3,081 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1981 | 2,758 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1982 | 2,830 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 2,592 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1984 | 2,667 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,750 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 2,714 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 2,747 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 2,800 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 2,750 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 2,745 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 2,737 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 2,727 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 2,714 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 2,700 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 2,691 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 2,561 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 2,582 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 2,592 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 2,602 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 2,619 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 2,642 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 2,571 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 2,708 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 2,800 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 2,759 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 2,768 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,824 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 2,727 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 2,900 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 2,866 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 2,849 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 2,876 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 2,894 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 2,894 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 995.5 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Malta's 2,894 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,924 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vetches — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +30.8% | 2,095 kg/ha | 2,739 kg/ha |
| 1965 | +29.8% | 1,936 kg/ha | 2,513 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,285 kg/ha | 1,857 kg/ha | 2,739 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,902 kg/ha | 2,523 kg/ha | 3,245 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,734 kg/ha | 2,592 kg/ha | 3,081 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,733 kg/ha | 2,691 kg/ha | 2,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,644 kg/ha | 2,561 kg/ha | 2,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,838 kg/ha | 2,727 kg/ha | 2,900 kg/ha | 8 |
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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 vetches — yield in Malta?
- Vetches — yield in Malta was 2,894 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 3,245 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest vetches — yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,857 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Malta rank for vetches — yield?
- Malta ranks 8th out of 43 countries with data for 2017.
- Is vetches — yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. 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 Vetches — Yield. 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.