Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield in Malaysia
Malaysia: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield was 5,086 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield in Malaysia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Malaysia stood at 5,086 kg/ha.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 60.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Malaysia peaked at 5,158 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,477 kg/ha, in 2017.
That places Malaysia 5th out of 26 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4,691 kg/ha | — |
| 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% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Spain 6,472 kg/ha
- 3 China 6,072 kg/ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 6,072 kg/ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 794.4 kg/ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 4,097 kg/ha compare
- 7 Bangladesh 2,987 kg/ha compare
- 8 USSR 2,180 kg/ha
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 kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Malaysia?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Malaysia was 5,086 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,158 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,477 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Malaysia rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield?
- Malaysia ranks 5th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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 falling.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield. 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.