Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Ginger, raw — Area harvested was 911 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, ginger, raw — area harvested in Malaysia stood at 911 ha.
The figure is up 8.2% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 1,700 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 430 ha, in 1968.
Malaysia ranks 18th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 550 ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1964 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 750 ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 700 ha | -6.7% |
| 1967 | 450 ha | -35.7% |
| 1968 | 430 ha | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 500 ha | +16.3% |
| 1970 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1972 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 650 ha | -13.3% |
| 1974 | 550 ha | -15.4% |
| 1975 | 650 ha | +18.2% |
| 1976 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 500 ha | -23.1% |
| 1978 | 700 ha | +40.0% |
| 1979 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 650 ha | -18.8% |
| 1982 | 550 ha | -15.4% |
| 1983 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1984 | 1,100 ha | +120.0% |
| 1985 | 950 ha | -13.6% |
| 1986 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 900 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 910 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 970 ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 1,300 ha | +18.2% |
| 1993 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1994 | 1,588 ha | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 1,700 ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 1,562 ha | -8.1% |
| 1997 | 1,403 ha | -10.2% |
| 1998 | 1,300 ha | -7.3% |
| 1999 | 1,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 2000 | 807 ha | -19.3% |
| 2001 | 979 ha | +21.3% |
| 2002 | 935 ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 897 ha | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 906 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 880 ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 871 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 880 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 1,089 ha | +23.8% |
| 2009 | 1,198 ha | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 1,061 ha | -11.4% |
| 2011 | 864 ha | -18.6% |
| 2012 | 903 ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 893 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 1,048 ha | +17.4% |
| 2015 | 965 ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 940 ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 974 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 846 ha | -13.1% |
| 2019 | 788 ha | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 861 ha | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 822 ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 823 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 842 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 911 ha | +8.2% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 911 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 520.5 ha, 1.8× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 911 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,718 ha, 25% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +120.0% | 500 ha | 1,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 564.44 ha | 430 ha | 750 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 645 ha | 500 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 828 ha | 500 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,345 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 944.2 ha | 807 ha | 1,198 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 928.2 ha | 788 ha | 1,061 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 851.8 ha | 822 ha | 911 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 ginger, raw — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Ginger, raw — area harvested in Malaysia was 911 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,700 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 430 ha in 1968.
- How does Malaysia rank for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 18th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. 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 Ginger, raw — 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.