Bananas — Yield in Malaysia
Malaysia: Bananas — Yield was 14,795 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Yield in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — yield in Malaysia stood at 14,795 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% on the previous year and up 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Malaysia peaked at 24,375 kg/ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 9,901 kg/ha, in 2012.
Malaysia ranks 65th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,694 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,778 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 13,667 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 13,808 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 13,741 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 13,622 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 13,693 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 13,596 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 16,575 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1970 | 17,333 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 14,778 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1972 | 18,636 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1973 | 24,375 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 1974 | 20,476 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1975 | 21,000 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 19,783 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1977 | 19,651 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 21,256 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1979 | 20,454 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 18,994 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1981 | 18,323 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1982 | 19,163 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 23,134 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1984 | 19,831 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1985 | 20,537 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 21,897 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1987 | 17,493 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1988 | 17,570 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 17,823 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 17,782 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 17,797 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 17,770 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 17,394 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 17,431 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 17,680 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 17,855 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 18,003 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 17,833 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 17,581 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 20,725 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2001 | 23,421 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2002 | 20,541 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2003 | 20,385 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 17,000 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2005 | 15,000 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2006 | 15,200 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 11,484 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2008 | 12,023 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 12,639 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 13,764 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 10,514 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2012 | 9,901 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 10,658 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2014 | 10,484 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 12,692 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2016 | 13,883 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 12,715 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 13,665 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 15,108 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2020 | 14,479 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 12,489 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2022 | 14,491 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2023 | 16,034 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2024 | 14,795 kg/ha | -7.7% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 14,795 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20,000 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 14,795 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,498 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,019 kg/ha | 13,596 kg/ha | 16,575 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,774 kg/ha | 14,778 kg/ha | 24,375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,477 kg/ha | 17,493 kg/ha | 23,134 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,713 kg/ha | 17,394 kg/ha | 18,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,842 kg/ha | 11,484 kg/ha | 23,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,338 kg/ha | 9,901 kg/ha | 15,108 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,458 kg/ha | 12,489 kg/ha | 16,034 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
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 — yield in Malaysia?
- Bananas — yield in Malaysia was 14,795 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 24,375 kg/ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,901 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Malaysia rank for bananas — yield?
- Malaysia ranks 65th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.