Bangladesh vs Malaysia: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?
Bangladesh
10.98 million tonnes
in 2023
Malaysia
9.21 million tonnes
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
20th
Malaysia rank
23rd
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? over time
- Bangladesh
- Malaysia
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 10.98 million tonnes against 9.21 million tonnes in Malaysia, a difference of 1.77 million tonnes.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.2 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 20th and Malaysia ranks 23rd of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 3 and Malaysia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 896,000 tonnes | 872,333 tonnes | 23,667 tonnes | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 1.66 million tonnes | 1.13 million tonnes | 524,000 tonnes | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 2.00 million tonnes | 2.15 million tonnes | 152,800 tonnes | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 1.99 million tonnes | 3.95 million tonnes | 1.96 million tonnes | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 3.04 million tonnes | 5.72 million tonnes | 2.68 million tonnes | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 6.07 million tonnes | 8.39 million tonnes | 2.32 million tonnes | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 12.13 million tonnes | 9.28 million tonnes | 2.86 million tonnes | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, Bangladesh or Malaysia?
- Bangladesh, at 10.98 million tonnes against 9.21 million tonnes in Malaysia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? between Bangladesh and Malaysia?
- 1.77 million tonnes, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Malaysia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and Malaysia rank globally for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters??
- Bangladesh ranks 20th and Malaysia ranks 23rd of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Imports and exports are measured as the net sum of all cereal crop varieties. Countries which lie above the grey line are net importers of cereals; those below the line are net exporters.