Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Malaysia
Malaysia: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 403 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Malaysia is 403 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 47.3% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Malaysia peaked at 33,000 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 248 ha, in 2012.
That places Malaysia 49th out of 74 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.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,000 ha | -36.8% |
| 1963 | 22,000 ha | +83.3% |
| 1964 | 33,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1965 | 25,000 ha | -24.2% |
| 1966 | 21,000 ha | -16.0% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1968 | 19,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 15,000 ha | -21.1% |
| 1970 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 14,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1972 | 12,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1973 | 14,500 ha | +20.8% |
| 1974 | 17,500 ha | +20.7% |
| 1975 | 16,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 18,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 17,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 16,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 14,500 ha | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 13,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 1986 | 14,500 ha | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 14,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 12,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1989 | 6,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1990 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1991 | 1,950 ha | -51.2% |
| 1992 | 2,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 2,250 ha | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 2,150 ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 2,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 1,750 ha | -20.5% |
| 2001 | 1,600 ha | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 1,200 ha | -20.0% |
| 2004 | 900 ha | -25.0% |
| 2005 | 720 ha | -20.0% |
| 2006 | 650 ha | -9.7% |
| 2007 | 670 ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 700 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 656 ha | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 348 ha | -47.0% |
| 2011 | 341 ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 248 ha | -27.3% |
| 2013 | 405 ha | +63.3% |
| 2014 | 354 ha | -12.6% |
| 2015 | 735 ha | +107.6% |
| 2016 | 968 ha | +31.7% |
| 2017 | 857 ha | -11.5% |
| 2018 | 848 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 851 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 877 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 950 ha | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 867 ha | -8.7% |
| 2023 | 764 ha | -11.9% |
| 2024 | 403 ha | -47.3% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 403 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,325 ha, 30% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 403 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,350 ha, 17% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +107.6% | 354 ha | 735 ha |
| 1963 | +83.3% | 12,000 ha | 22,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,667 ha | 12,000 ha | 33,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,900 ha | 12,000 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,450 ha | 6,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,365 ha | 1,950 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,035 ha | 650 ha | 1,750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 595.5 ha | 248 ha | 968 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 772.2 ha | 403 ha | 950 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 46 Brunei Darussalam 464 ha compare
- 47 Grenada 427 ha compare
- 47 Saint Lucia 427 ha compare
- 50 Samoa 399 ha compare
- 51 Dominica 382 ha compare
- 52 Guadeloupe 373 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Malaysia?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Malaysia was 403 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 33,000 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 248 ha in 2012.
- How does Malaysia rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Malaysia ranks 49th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.