Cocoa beans — Yield in Malaysia
Malaysia: Cocoa beans — Yield was 71.7 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Yield in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — yield in Malaysia is 71.7 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 63.3% on the previous year and down 56.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Malaysia peaked at 1,306 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 43.9 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Malaysia 50th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 461.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 400 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1964 | 425 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 600 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 1966 | 850 kg/ha | +41.7% |
| 1967 | 750 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1968 | 783.3 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 916.7 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1970 | 800 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1971 | 608.1 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1972 | 769.2 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1973 | 961.9 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1974 | 873.3 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1975 | 757.6 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1976 | 689.5 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1977 | 648.6 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1978 | 962.9 kg/ha | +48.5% |
| 1979 | 1,001 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 1,018 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 1,156 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1982 | 1,125 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 945.6 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1984 | 932.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 880 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 885 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 900.3 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 988 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 920.1 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 830 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1991 | 576.5 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1992 | 581.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 666.7 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1994 | 653 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 691.2 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 713.8 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 752.5 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 766.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 830 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 927.4 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2001 | 995.6 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 980.1 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 796.5 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2004 | 791.9 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 822.6 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 1,006 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2007 | 1,236 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2008 | 1,306 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 1,006 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2010 | 779.5 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2011 | 220.9 kg/ha | -71.7% |
| 2012 | 310.3 kg/ha | +40.5% |
| 2013 | 203.2 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 2014 | 165.5 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2015 | 95.4 kg/ha | -42.4% |
| 2016 | 102.9 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 60 kg/ha | -41.7% |
| 2018 | 52.8 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2019 | 173.3 kg/ha | +228.2% |
| 2020 | 123.5 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 2021 | 89.4 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 2022 | 82.4 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2023 | 43.9 kg/ha | -46.7% |
| 2024 | 71.7 kg/ha | +63.3% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 71.7 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 411.05 kg/ha, 17% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 71.7 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 398.1 kg/ha, 18% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +228.2% | 52.8 kg/ha | 173.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 627.56 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 916.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 807.17 kg/ha | 608.1 kg/ha | 1,001 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 975.03 kg/ha | 880 kg/ha | 1,156 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 706.12 kg/ha | 576.5 kg/ha | 830 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 986.79 kg/ha | 791.9 kg/ha | 1,306 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 216.38 kg/ha | 52.8 kg/ha | 779.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.18 kg/ha | 43.9 kg/ha | 123.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 47 Equatorial Guinea 101.9 kg/ha compare
- 48 Dominica 93.4 kg/ha compare
- 49 Sao Tome and Principe 91.2 kg/ha compare
- 51 Gabon 55.1 kg/ha compare
- 52 Central African Republic 51.5 kg/ha compare
- 53 Suriname 28.7 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 cocoa beans — yield in Malaysia?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Malaysia was 71.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,306 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.9 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Malaysia rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Malaysia ranks 50th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.7%. 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 — 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.