Cassava, fresh — Yield in Malaysia
Malaysia: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 18,692 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Malaysia stood at 18,692 kg/ha.
The figure is down 11.1% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Malaysia peaked at 27,559 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 8,750 kg/ha, in 1971.
That places Malaysia 15th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,259 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,375 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 9,016 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1964 | 9,605 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1965 | 9,620 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 8,964 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1967 | 8,996 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 9,046 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 9,026 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 9,290 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 8,750 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1972 | 10,786 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1973 | 11,276 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 11,500 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 10,182 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1976 | 10,000 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 10,278 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 10,303 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 10,294 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 10,312 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 10,286 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 10,714 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 10,771 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 10,857 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 10,667 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 10,694 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 10,630 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 10,627 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 10,526 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 9,730 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1991 | 10,312 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 10,333 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 11,111 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 11,200 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 11,500 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 11,429 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 12,333 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 14,167 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1999 | 15,000 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 14,118 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 15,714 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2002 | 17,241 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 20,217 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2004 | 20,250 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 22,286 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 23,333 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 16,156 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 2008 | 15,202 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 22,279 kg/ha | +46.5% |
| 2010 | 13,430 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 2011 | 12,791 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 27,559 kg/ha | +115.5% |
| 2013 | 15,532 kg/ha | -43.6% |
| 2014 | 17,020 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 19,812 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2016 | 19,428 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 17,237 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2018 | 17,754 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 17,225 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 16,467 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 14,205 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2022 | 17,863 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2023 | 21,015 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2024 | 18,692 kg/ha | -11.1% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 18,692 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 18,692 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 16,191 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Yield in Malaysia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +115.5% | 12,791 kg/ha | 27,559 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +46.5% | 15,202 kg/ha | 22,279 kg/ha |
| 2013 | -43.6% | 27,559 kg/ha | 15,532 kg/ha |
| 2010 | -39.7% | 22,279 kg/ha | 13,430 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,212 kg/ha | 8,964 kg/ha | 9,620 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,266 kg/ha | 8,750 kg/ha | 11,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,609 kg/ha | 10,286 kg/ha | 10,857 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,712 kg/ha | 9,730 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,680 kg/ha | 14,118 kg/ha | 23,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,779 kg/ha | 12,791 kg/ha | 27,559 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,649 kg/ha | 14,205 kg/ha | 21,015 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,128 kg/ha compare
- 12 Jamaica 20,310 kg/ha compare
- 13 Thailand 20,161 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 6,417 kg/ha compare
- 14 Barbados 19,870 kg/ha compare
- 14 Cabo Verde 7,996 kg/ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 3,582 kg/ha compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 6,087 kg/ha compare
- 16 French Polynesia 18,517 kg/ha compare
- 17 Paraguay 18,472 kg/ha compare
- 17 Caribbean 5,371 kg/ha compare
- 18 South Sudan 17,829 kg/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 cassava, fresh — yield in Malaysia?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Malaysia was 18,692 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 27,559 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,750 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Malaysia rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Malaysia ranks 15th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.