Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 6,203 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — area harvested in Malaysia is 6,203 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 61.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 398,950 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1963.
That places Malaysia 27th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1968 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1971 | 7,400 ha | +85.0% |
| 1972 | 6,500 ha | -12.2% |
| 1973 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 12,000 ha | +71.4% |
| 1975 | 17,000 ha | +41.7% |
| 1976 | 22,000 ha | +29.4% |
| 1977 | 27,000 ha | +22.7% |
| 1978 | 22,723 ha | -15.8% |
| 1979 | 28,498 ha | +25.4% |
| 1980 | 34,750 ha | +21.9% |
| 1981 | 42,445 ha | +22.1% |
| 1982 | 54,206 ha | +27.7% |
| 1983 | 71,914 ha | +32.7% |
| 1984 | 96,551 ha | +34.3% |
| 1985 | 112,500 ha | +16.5% |
| 1986 | 146,900 ha | +30.6% |
| 1987 | 185,500 ha | +26.3% |
| 1988 | 232,800 ha | +25.5% |
| 1989 | 264,100 ha | +13.4% |
| 1990 | 297,600 ha | +12.7% |
| 1991 | 398,950 ha | +34.1% |
| 1992 | 378,540 ha | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 299,995 ha | -20.7% |
| 1994 | 271,339 ha | -9.6% |
| 1995 | 190,217 ha | -29.9% |
| 1996 | 168,219 ha | -11.6% |
| 1997 | 140,899 ha | -16.2% |
| 1998 | 117,679 ha | -16.5% |
| 1999 | 100,803 ha | -14.3% |
| 2000 | 75,766 ha | -24.8% |
| 2001 | 57,963 ha | -23.5% |
| 2002 | 48,631 ha | -16.1% |
| 2003 | 45,493 ha | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 42,208 ha | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 33,994 ha | -19.5% |
| 2006 | 31,740 ha | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 28,459 ha | -10.3% |
| 2008 | 21,411 ha | -24.8% |
| 2009 | 18,047 ha | -15.7% |
| 2010 | 20,083 ha | +11.3% |
| 2011 | 20,847 ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 11,748 ha | -43.6% |
| 2013 | 13,826 ha | +17.7% |
| 2014 | 16,102 ha | +16.5% |
| 2015 | 18,122 ha | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 16,738 ha | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 16,871 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 15,647 ha | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 5,868 ha | -62.5% |
| 2020 | 5,715 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 6,004 ha | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 5,985 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 6,123 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 6,203 ha | +1.3% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 6,203 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 1.9× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 6,203 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,556 ha, 1.4× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,067 ha | 1,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,412 ha | 4,000 ha | 28,498 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 124,167 ha | 34,750 ha | 264,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 236,424 ha | 100,803 ha | 398,950 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,371 ha | 18,047 ha | 75,766 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,585 ha | 5,868 ha | 20,847 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,006 ha | 5,715 ha | 6,203 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 cocoa beans — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Malaysia was 6,203 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 398,950 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Malaysia rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 27th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cocoa beans — 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.