Cereal yield in Malta

Cereal farms in Malta harvested 4,880 kg per hectare in 2017. The value for 2017 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2017 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Malta is for 2017. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Malta, 2017 4,880 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2016 +1.2% 2016: 4,820 kg per hectare
European Union, 2017 5,500 kg per hectare Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2017 5,340 kg per hectare Middle value of 27 countries

Cereal yield in Malta over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2023
Period MaltaEuropean Union
2023 – 5,329 kg per hectare
2022 – 5,261 kg per hectare
2021 – 5,664 kg per hectare
2020 – 5,465 kg per hectare
2019 – 5,575 kg per hectare
2018 – 5,230 kg per hectare
2017 4,880 kg per hectare 5,500 kg per hectare
2016 4,820 kg per hectare 5,194 kg per hectare
2015 4,824 kg per hectare 5,378 kg per hectare
2014 4,740 kg per hectare 5,612 kg per hectare
2013 4,669 kg per hectare 5,253 kg per hectare
2012 4,640 kg per hectare 4,821 kg per hectare
2011 4,671 kg per hectare 5,061 kg per hectare
2010 4,691 kg per hectare 4,916 kg per hectare
2009 4,789 kg per hectare 4,969 kg per hectare
2008 4,714 kg per hectare 5,106 kg per hectare
2007 4,239 kg per hectare 4,491 kg per hectare
2006 4,032 kg per hectare 4,562 kg per hectare
2005 4,129 kg per hectare 4,712 kg per hectare
2004 4,083 kg per hectare 5,238 kg per hectare
2003 4,014 kg per hectare 4,145 kg per hectare
2002 4,781 kg per hectare 4,605 kg per hectare
2001 4,000 kg per hectare 4,556 kg per hectare
2000 4,008 kg per hectare 4,398 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.2% from 4,820 kg per hectare in 2016.
  • Since 2007, when it was 4,239 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +15.1%.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2017 was 5,500 kg per hectare.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2017 for Malta
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)