Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 593,828 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 593,828 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 773,059 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 523,153 ha, in 1961.
Malaysia ranks 91st of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 523,153 ha | — |
| 1962 | 550,684 ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 562,184 ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 564,713 ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 590,253 ha | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 580,838 ha | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 604,166 ha | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 669,178 ha | +10.8% |
| 1969 | 693,311 ha | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 712,396 ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 740,922 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 773,059 ha | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 758,106 ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 749,400 ha | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 761,513 ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 749,156 ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 733,625 ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 593,800 ha | -19.1% |
| 1979 | 745,000 ha | +25.5% |
| 1980 | 723,800 ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 718,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 690,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 680,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 638,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 669,974 ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 665,875 ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 675,954 ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 689,755 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 683,137 ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 700,647 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 683,640 ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 672,753 ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 693,434 ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 698,624 ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 672,787 ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 685,468 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 690,975 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 674,404 ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 692,389 ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 698,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 673,600 ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 678,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 671,800 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 680,700 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 676,200 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 645,000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 673,242 ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 656,602 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 674,928 ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 677,884 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 687,516 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 684,545 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 671,679 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 614,579 ha | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 681,559 ha | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 688,770 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 685,548 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 699,980 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 672,084 ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 644,908 ha | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 648,083 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 638,208 ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 614,315 ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 593,828 ha | -3.3% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 593,828 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 354,364 ha, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 593,828 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.21 million ha, 49% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +25.5% | 593,800 ha | 745,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 593,164 ha | 523,153 ha | 693,311 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 731,698 ha | 593,800 ha | 773,059 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 683,450 ha | 638,000 ha | 723,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 686,512 ha | 672,753 ha | 700,647 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 672,927 ha | 645,000 ha | 698,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 676,414 ha | 614,579 ha | 699,980 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 627,868 ha | 593,828 ha | 648,083 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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Malaysia was 593,828 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 773,059 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 523,153 ha in 1961.
- How does Malaysia rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 91st out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.