Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Malaysia
Malaysia: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 5,086 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 5,086 kg/ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 60.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Malaysia peaked at 5,158 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 609.9 kg/ha, in 1971.
Malaysia ranks 5th of 131 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,396 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,197 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1963 | 1,977 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1964 | 2,132 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1965 | 1,398 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 1966 | 1,483 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 1,622 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1968 | 2,899 kg/ha | +78.7% |
| 1969 | 1,468 kg/ha | -49.4% |
| 1970 | 2,050 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 1971 | 609.9 kg/ha | -70.2% |
| 1972 | 2,000 kg/ha | +227.9% |
| 1990 | 4,691 kg/ha | +134.5% |
| 1991 | 4,654 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 4,616 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 4,579 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 4,542 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 4,504 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 4,467 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 4,430 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 4,393 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 4,355 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 4,318 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 4,281 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 4,244 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 4,206 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 4,141 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 4,047 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 3,953 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 3,859 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 3,765 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 3,671 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 3,577 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 3,652 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 3,766 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 3,452 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 3,162 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 4,136 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2016 | 3,328 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2017 | 1,477 kg/ha | -55.6% |
| 2018 | 4,841 kg/ha | +227.9% |
| 2019 | 4,152 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2020 | 3,967 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 2,469 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 2022 | 2,472 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 5,158 kg/ha | +108.7% |
| 2024 | 5,086 kg/ha | -1.4% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 5,086 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 730.8 kg/ha, 7.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 5,086 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 916.6 kg/ha, 5.5× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +227.9% | 609.9 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +227.9% | 1,477 kg/ha | 4,841 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +134.5% | 2,000 kg/ha | 4,691 kg/ha |
| 2023 | +108.7% | 2,472 kg/ha | 5,158 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +78.7% | 1,622 kg/ha | 2,899 kg/ha |
| 1971 | -70.2% | 2,050 kg/ha | 609.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,952 kg/ha | 1,398 kg/ha | 2,899 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,553 kg/ha | 609.9 kg/ha | 2,050 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 4,523 kg/ha | 4,355 kg/ha | 4,691 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,048 kg/ha | 3,671 kg/ha | 4,318 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,554 kg/ha | 1,477 kg/ha | 4,841 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,830 kg/ha | 2,469 kg/ha | 5,158 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 2 Réunion 5,814 kg/ha compare
- 2 Polynesia 5,075 kg/ha compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,852 kg/ha compare
- 3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 5,248 kg/ha compare
- 4 France 5,161 kg/ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 1,681 kg/ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 979 kg/ha compare
- 6 Samoa 5,075 kg/ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 840 kg/ha compare
- 7 Sierra Leone 4,661 kg/ha compare
- 8 Austria 4,637 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Malaysia?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Malaysia was 5,086 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,158 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 609.9 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Malaysia rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Malaysia ranks 5th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.8%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.