Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested was 1,011 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 1,011 ha for cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 1,011 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 130 ha, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 130 ha | -35.0% |
| 1963 | 350 ha | +169.2% |
| 1964 | 150 ha | -57.1% |
| 1965 | 130 ha | -13.3% |
| 1966 | 180 ha | +38.5% |
| 1967 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1971 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1972 | 270 ha | -32.5% |
| 1973 | 400 ha | +48.1% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1975 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 900 ha | +28.6% |
| 1981 | 800 ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 800 ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 700 ha | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 910 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 910 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 920 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 940 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 980 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 1,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1995 | 886 ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 861 ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 800 ha | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 833 ha | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 828 ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 824 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 820 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 819 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 866 ha | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 874 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 885 ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 896 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 906 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 917 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 928 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 939 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 950 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 962 ha | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 958 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 977 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 990 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 997 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 1,003 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1,005 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,006 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,001 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 1,004 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,007 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,011 ha | +0.4% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 1,011 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,045 ha, 97% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cloves (whole stems), raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +169.2% | 130 ha | 350 ha |
| 1964 | -57.1% | 350 ha | 150 ha |
| 1970 | +50.0% | 200 ha | 300 ha |
| 1973 | +48.1% | 270 ha | 400 ha |
| 1966 | +38.5% | 130 ha | 180 ha |
| 1962 | -35.0% | 200 ha | 130 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 192.22 ha | 130 ha | 350 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 497 ha | 270 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 842 ha | 700 ha | 910 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 894.8 ha | 800 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 873.5 ha | 819 ha | 928 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 978.1 ha | 939 ha | 1,005 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,006 ha | 1,001 ha | 1,011 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 cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested in Malaysia was 1,011 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,011 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 130 ha in 1962.
- How does Malaysia rank for cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 8th out of 9 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. 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 Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested. 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.