Bananas — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Bananas — Area harvested was 22,672 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 22,672 ha for bananas — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 31,046 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 16,000 ha, in 1973.
That places Malaysia 37th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 26,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 27,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 18,500 ha | -31.5% |
| 1967 | 17,600 ha | -4.9% |
| 1968 | 17,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 18,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 21,000 ha | +16.0% |
| 1971 | 27,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1972 | 22,000 ha | -18.5% |
| 1973 | 16,000 ha | -27.3% |
| 1974 | 21,000 ha | +31.2% |
| 1975 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 23,000 ha | +15.0% |
| 1977 | 22,900 ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 20,700 ha | -9.6% |
| 1979 | 22,000 ha | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 23,429 ha | +6.5% |
| 1981 | 25,105 ha | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 24,526 ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 20,446 ha | -16.6% |
| 1984 | 23,952 ha | +17.1% |
| 1985 | 23,226 ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 21,921 ha | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 27,725 ha | +26.5% |
| 1988 | 27,889 ha | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 28,054 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 28,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 28,600 ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 28,700 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 31,046 ha | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 30,405 ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 30,405 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 30,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 26,055 ha | -16.0% |
| 2001 | 22,629 ha | -13.1% |
| 2002 | 24,342 ha | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 26,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 30,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 25,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 2007 | 22,719 ha | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 22,650 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 22,135 ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 24,167 ha | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 29,132 ha | +20.5% |
| 2012 | 29,193 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 27,085 ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 28,911 ha | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 24,858 ha | -14.0% |
| 2016 | 22,294 ha | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 27,565 ha | +23.6% |
| 2018 | 24,219 ha | -12.1% |
| 2019 | 21,542 ha | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 21,673 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 26,443 ha | +22.0% |
| 2022 | 22,814 ha | -13.7% |
| 2023 | 21,405 ha | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 22,672 ha | +5.9% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 22,672 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 3.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 22,672 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,702 ha, 13.3× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,867 ha | 17,600 ha | 27,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,560 ha | 16,000 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,627 ha | 20,446 ha | 28,054 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,856 ha | 28,400 ha | 31,046 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,153 ha | 22,135 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,897 ha | 21,542 ha | 29,193 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,001 ha | 21,405 ha | 26,443 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 34 Egypt 28,707 ha compare
- 35 Sudan (former) 24,024 ha compare
- 36 Nepal 23,404 ha compare
- 38 Cuba 21,365 ha compare
- 39 Central African Republic 20,992 ha compare
- 40 China, Taiwan Province of 15,408 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malaysia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0822 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,078 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.913 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2261 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Bananas — area harvested in Malaysia was 22,672 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 31,046 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,000 ha in 1973.
- How does Malaysia rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 37th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.