Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 44 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Malaysia stood at 44 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 12.0% on the previous year and down 69.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 8,500 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 44 ha, in 2024.
That places Malaysia 100th out of 112 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,928 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,131 ha | +10.5% |
| 1963 | 2,088 ha | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 2,993 ha | +43.3% |
| 1965 | 2,760 ha | -7.8% |
| 1966 | 2,458 ha | -10.9% |
| 1967 | 2,758 ha | +12.2% |
| 1968 | 3,816 ha | +38.4% |
| 1969 | 3,062 ha | -19.8% |
| 1970 | 3,201 ha | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 3,112 ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 5,208 ha | +67.4% |
| 1973 | 6,373 ha | +22.4% |
| 1974 | 5,832 ha | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 7,936 ha | +36.1% |
| 1976 | 6,744 ha | -15.0% |
| 1977 | 6,700 ha | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 6,200 ha | -7.5% |
| 1979 | 6,600 ha | +6.5% |
| 1980 | 6,788 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 8,500 ha | +25.2% |
| 1982 | 5,742 ha | -32.4% |
| 1983 | 4,235 ha | -26.2% |
| 1984 | 1,900 ha | -55.1% |
| 1985 | 1,700 ha | -10.5% |
| 1986 | 1,300 ha | -23.5% |
| 1987 | 1,850 ha | +42.3% |
| 1988 | 1,520 ha | -17.8% |
| 1989 | 1,260 ha | -17.1% |
| 1990 | 1,350 ha | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 1,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,441 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 1,414 ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 1,421 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 1,000 ha | -29.6% |
| 1997 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 600 ha | -33.3% |
| 1999 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 2000 | 379 ha | -24.2% |
| 2001 | 239 ha | -36.9% |
| 2002 | 354 ha | +48.1% |
| 2003 | 300 ha | -15.3% |
| 2004 | 350 ha | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 238 ha | -32.0% |
| 2007 | 224 ha | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 176 ha | -21.4% |
| 2009 | 190 ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 189 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 154 ha | -18.5% |
| 2012 | 119 ha | -22.7% |
| 2013 | 127 ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 142 ha | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 93 ha | -34.5% |
| 2016 | 79 ha | -15.1% |
| 2017 | 71 ha | -10.1% |
| 2018 | 66 ha | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 87 ha | +31.8% |
| 2020 | 71 ha | -18.4% |
| 2021 | 70 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 63 ha | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 50 ha | -20.6% |
| 2024 | 44 ha | -12.0% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 44 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 2% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 44 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5,560 ha, 1% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,666 ha | 1,928 ha | 3,816 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,791 ha | 3,112 ha | 7,936 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,480 ha | 1,260 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,143 ha | 500 ha | 1,441 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 280 ha | 176 ha | 379 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 112.7 ha | 66 ha | 189 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.6 ha | 44 ha | 71 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Malaysia was 44 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,500 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 44 ha in 2024.
- How does Malaysia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 100th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.0%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.