Milk production, per capita in Malta
Malta: Milk production, per capita was 0.0724 tonnes per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk production, per capita in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
Malta recorded 0.0724 tonnes per person for milk production, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk production, per capita in Malta peaked at 0.1472 tonnes per person in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.0724 tonnes per person, in 2024.
Malta ranks 84th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk production, per capita in Malta, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0799 tonnes per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0812 tonnes per person | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0787 tonnes per person | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0778 tonnes per person | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0798 tonnes per person | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0799 tonnes per person | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0815 tonnes per person | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0895 tonnes per person | +9.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0899 tonnes per person | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0915 tonnes per person | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 0.0914 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0898 tonnes per person | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0889 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.091 tonnes per person | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0985 tonnes per person | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 0.1043 tonnes per person | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 0.1096 tonnes per person | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 0.1202 tonnes per person | +9.6% |
| 1979 | 0.1113 tonnes per person | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0974 tonnes per person | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0893 tonnes per person | -8.3% |
| 1982 | 0.087 tonnes per person | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0903 tonnes per person | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0908 tonnes per person | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0892 tonnes per person | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0877 tonnes per person | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0841 tonnes per person | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0805 tonnes per person | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 0.074 tonnes per person | -8.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0748 tonnes per person | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.1029 tonnes per person | +37.6% |
| 1992 | 0.1472 tonnes per person | +43.1% |
| 1993 | 0.1427 tonnes per person | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1338 tonnes per person | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 0.095 tonnes per person | -29.0% |
| 1996 | 0.1204 tonnes per person | +26.7% |
| 1997 | 0.1346 tonnes per person | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 0.1321 tonnes per person | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 0.1378 tonnes per person | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 0.1322 tonnes per person | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 0.1317 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.1236 tonnes per person | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.1174 tonnes per person | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.1085 tonnes per person | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 0.1102 tonnes per person | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.1096 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.1074 tonnes per person | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1055 tonnes per person | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.1032 tonnes per person | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.1085 tonnes per person | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 0.1067 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.1096 tonnes per person | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.1026 tonnes per person | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 0.1045 tonnes per person | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0996 tonnes per person | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 0.1009 tonnes per person | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0937 tonnes per person | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0893 tonnes per person | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0875 tonnes per person | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0872 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0817 tonnes per person | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0792 tonnes per person | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0731 tonnes per person | -7.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0724 tonnes per person | -0.9% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 0.0724 tonnes per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.2194 tonnes per person, 33% of the median. (61 countries reporting)
- Malta's 0.0724 tonnes per person is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0527 tonnes per person, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk production, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +43.1% | 0.1029 tonnes per person | 0.1472 tonnes per person |
| 1991 | +37.6% | 0.0748 tonnes per person | 0.1029 tonnes per person |
| 1995 | -29.0% | 0.1338 tonnes per person | 0.095 tonnes per person |
| 1996 | +26.7% | 0.095 tonnes per person | 0.1204 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.082 tonnes per person | 0.0778 tonnes per person | 0.0899 tonnes per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0996 tonnes per person | 0.0889 tonnes per person | 0.1202 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.087 tonnes per person | 0.074 tonnes per person | 0.0974 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1221 tonnes per person | 0.0748 tonnes per person | 0.1472 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1149 tonnes per person | 0.1032 tonnes per person | 0.1322 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1003 tonnes per person | 0.0875 tonnes per person | 0.1096 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0787 tonnes per person | 0.0724 tonnes per person | 0.0872 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More reference data data for Malta
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0121 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0008 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0404 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0227 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1009 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0043 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk production, per capita in Malta?
- Milk production, per capita in Malta was 0.0724 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest milk production, per capita recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1472 tonnes per person in 1992.
- What is the lowest milk production, per capita recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0724 tonnes per person in 2024.
- How does Malta rank for milk production, per capita?
- Malta ranks 84th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk production, per capita rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Milk production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Milk production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Milk production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Milk production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Milk production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.