Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 149,250 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 149,250 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.3% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 154,129 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 42,050 ha, in 1973.
That places Malaysia 68th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42,540 ha | — |
| 1962 | 45,440 ha | +6.8% |
| 1963 | 45,020 ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 47,150 ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 50,190 ha | +6.4% |
| 1966 | 42,070 ha | -16.2% |
| 1967 | 42,750 ha | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 44,080 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 45,970 ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 50,140 ha | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 57,140 ha | +14.0% |
| 1972 | 48,750 ha | -14.7% |
| 1973 | 42,050 ha | -13.7% |
| 1974 | 47,050 ha | +11.9% |
| 1975 | 44,370 ha | -5.7% |
| 1976 | 48,850 ha | +10.1% |
| 1977 | 47,675 ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 46,590 ha | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 48,650 ha | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 56,581 ha | +16.3% |
| 1981 | 56,905 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 54,606 ha | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 48,396 ha | -11.4% |
| 1984 | 53,152 ha | +9.8% |
| 1985 | 88,696 ha | +66.9% |
| 1986 | 89,691 ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 97,795 ha | +9.0% |
| 1988 | 96,419 ha | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 97,014 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 100,276 ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 98,902 ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 97,308 ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 104,364 ha | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 103,115 ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 101,776 ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 100,764 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 97,449 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 103,395 ha | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 100,215 ha | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 97,278 ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 94,719 ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 100,761 ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 105,538 ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 107,273 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 103,580 ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 97,029 ha | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 92,552 ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 91,112 ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 95,067 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 93,528 ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 115,406 ha | +23.4% |
| 2012 | 107,541 ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 102,675 ha | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 125,091 ha | +21.8% |
| 2015 | 120,290 ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 118,658 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 131,851 ha | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 131,731 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 132,120 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 135,110 ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 154,129 ha | +14.1% |
| 2022 | 142,009 ha | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 139,068 ha | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 149,250 ha | +7.3% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 149,250 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,344 ha, 2.1× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 149,250 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 22,152 ha, 6.7× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +66.9% | 53,152 ha | 88,696 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,023 ha | 42,070 ha | 50,190 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,126 ha | 42,050 ha | 57,140 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 73,926 ha | 48,396 ha | 97,795 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 100,756 ha | 97,308 ha | 104,364 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 98,491 ha | 91,112 ha | 107,273 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 117,889 ha | 93,528 ha | 132,120 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 143,913 ha | 135,110 ha | 154,129 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 65 Guatemala 164,731 ha compare
- 66 Czechoslovakia 159,845 ha compare
- 67 Kazakhstan 150,316 ha compare
- 69 Cuba 147,508 ha compare
- 70 Senegal 141,394 ha compare
- 71 China, Taiwan Province of 139,542 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malaysia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.2303 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.2382 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Malaysia was 149,250 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 154,129 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,050 ha in 1973.
- How does Malaysia rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 68th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.