Cereal yield in Malta
Malta: Cereal yield was 4,880 kg per hectare in 2017. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
Malta recorded 4,880 kg per hectare for cereal yield in 2017. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Malta peaked at 4,880 kg per hectare in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,230 kg per hectare, in 1968.
Malta ranks 47th of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,440 kg per hectare | 1,230 kg per hectare | 1,694 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,212 kg per hectare | 1,375 kg per hectare | 3,140 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,637 kg per hectare | 3,196 kg per hectare | 4,125 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,279 kg per hectare | 2,508 kg per hectare | 3,905 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,279 kg per hectare | 4,000 kg per hectare | 4,789 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,742 kg per hectare | 4,640 kg per hectare | 4,880 kg per hectare | 8 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Malta
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
- Rural population 4.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 25,040 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 130.29 million current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 0 hectares (2023)
- Cereal production 0 metric tons (2023)
- Fertilizer consumption 111.78 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Malta?
- Cereal yield in Malta was 4,880 kg per hectare in 2017, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest cereal yield recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 4,880 kg per hectare in 2017.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,230 kg per hectare in 1968.
- How does Malta rank for cereal yield?
- Malta ranks 47th out of 181 countries with data for 2017.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.