Malaysia vs Yemen: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Malaysia
593,828 ha
in 2024
Yemen
547,681 ha
in 2024
Malaysia rank
91st
Yemen rank
92nd

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Malaysia
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 593,828 ha against 547,681 ha in Yemen, a difference of 46,147 ha.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Yemen's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Yemen ahead.

Malaysia ranks 91st and Yemen ranks 92nd of 178 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malaysia Yemen Difference Ahead
1960s 593,164 ha 1.20 million ha 610,791 ha Yemen
1970s 731,698 ha 1.07 million ha 338,092 ha Yemen
1980s 683,450 ha 869,752 ha 186,302 ha Yemen
1990s 686,512 ha 725,460 ha 38,948 ha Yemen
2000s 672,927 ha 719,368 ha 46,440 ha Yemen
2010s 676,414 ha 681,490 ha 5,076 ha Yemen
2020s 627,868 ha 525,127 ha 102,742 ha Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Malaysia or Yemen?
Malaysia, at 593,828 ha against 547,681 ha in Yemen as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Malaysia and Yemen?
46,147 ha, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Yemen?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Malaysia and Yemen rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Malaysia ranks 91st and Yemen ranks 92nd of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and 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 or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.