Malta's food production index (2014-2016 = 100) was 75.35 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 27.8% from 104.36 in 2014 (3.2% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 75.35 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 73.71 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 104.36 | 2014 |
| Highest | 130.88 | 1996 |
| Lowest | 61.22 | 1966 |
| Average since 2015 | 82.55 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 65.28 | 1961 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Malta's food production index (2014-2016 = 100) rose 0.06 on 2023 (from 75.29 to 75.35).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −1.16 and a typical year strayed about 6.06 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 16.43 in 1996 and the biggest yearly fall was 14.23 in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 2.84 a year. A straight line explains 72% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Malta had the 188th highest value of the 192 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Malta | 75.35 | 2024 |
| World | 100 | 2020 |
| High income | 100 | 2020 |
Closest to Malta in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
Food production index covers food crops that are considered edible and that contain nutrients. Coffee and tea are excluded because, although edible, they have no nutritive value.
Limitations: Agricultural data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from official national sources through the questionnaire and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Data on agricultural employment, in particular, should be used with caution.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 64 values
| Year | Food production index (2014-2016 = 100) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 75.35 |
| 2023 | 75.29 |
| 2022 | 76.35 |
| 2021 | 75.59 |
| 2020 | 77.73 |
| 2019 | 73.71 |
| 2018 | 80.8 |
| 2017 | 95.03 |
| 2016 | 96.34 |
| 2015 | 99.3 |
| 2014 |
Food production index (2014-2016 = 100) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 120.43 (2024)
- Algeria — 118.56 (2024)
- Bahrain — 133.68 (2024)
- Djibouti — 129.87 (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 120.28 (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 93.74 (2024)
- Iraq — 121.8 (2024)
- Israel — 103.41 (2024)
- Jordan — 118.93 (2024)
- Kuwait — 110.12 (2024)
- Lebanon
More environment data for Malta
- Rural population — 25,040 (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 4.32% (2025)
- Urban population — 554,664 (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 95.68% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 17,954 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 1,804 (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 19,758 (2024)
- Rural population growth (annual %) — 1.29% (2025)
- Urban population growth (annual %) — 1.92% (2025)
- Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land) — 190.95 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Malta's food production index (2014-2016 = 100)?
- 75.35 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1961?
- It is up 15.43% from 65.28 in 1961 (0.23% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 130.88 in 1996 and the lowest 61.22 in 1966.
- How does Malta rank?
- 188th highest of 192 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in food production index (2014-2016 = 100) unusual for Malta?
- In 2024, Malta's food production index (2014-2016 = 100) rose 0.06 on 2023 (from 75.29 to 75.35). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −1.16 and a typical year strayed about 6.06 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.PRD.FOOD.XD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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