Cereals, primary — Yield in Malaysia
Malaysia: Cereals, primary — Yield was 3,544 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 3,544 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Malaysia peaked at 4,629 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,986 kg/ha, in 1964.
Malaysia ranks 85th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,097 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,058 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 2,144 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 1,986 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1965 | 2,144 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1966 | 2,129 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 2,016 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 2,164 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 2,318 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 2,383 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 2,469 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 2,396 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 2,632 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1974 | 2,827 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 2,641 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1976 | 2,697 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 2,612 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1978 | 2,543 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 2,823 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1980 | 2,836 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 2,824 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 2,743 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 2,580 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 2,498 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 2,642 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 2,619 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 2,451 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1988 | 2,506 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 2,602 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 2,740 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 2,818 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 2,992 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 3,035 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 3,061 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 3,162 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 3,251 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 3,068 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 2,883 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 2,942 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 3,064 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 3,110 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 3,238 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 3,360 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 3,326 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 3,422 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 3,391 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 3,528 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 3,584 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 3,720 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 3,636 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 3,747 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 3,797 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 3,876 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 4,629 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2015 | 4,022 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2016 | 3,978 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 3,750 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 3,770 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 3,501 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 3,654 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 3,768 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 3,576 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 3,542 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 3,544 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 3,544 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,427 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 3,544 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,779 kg/ha, 94% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,117 kg/ha | 1,986 kg/ha | 2,318 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,602 kg/ha | 2,383 kg/ha | 2,827 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,630 kg/ha | 2,451 kg/ha | 2,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,995 kg/ha | 2,740 kg/ha | 3,251 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,374 kg/ha | 3,064 kg/ha | 3,720 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,871 kg/ha | 3,501 kg/ha | 4,629 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,617 kg/ha | 3,542 kg/ha | 3,768 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Malaysia?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Malaysia was 3,544 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,629 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,986 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Malaysia rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Malaysia ranks 85th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. 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 Cereals, primary — Yield. 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.