Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 8,617 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1995–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 8,617 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 48.6% on the previous year and up 175.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 8,617 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1995.
That places Malaysia 13th out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 500 ha | — |
| 1996 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 654 ha | +30.8% |
| 2008 | 707 ha | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 1,182 ha | +67.2% |
| 2010 | 2,322 ha | +96.4% |
| 2011 | 2,460 ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 2,069 ha | -15.9% |
| 2013 | 3,346 ha | +61.7% |
| 2014 | 3,127 ha | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 3,182 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 3,017 ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 2,323 ha | -23.0% |
| 2018 | 2,726 ha | +17.3% |
| 2019 | 2,810 ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 3,173 ha | +12.9% |
| 2021 | 4,728 ha | +49.0% |
| 2022 | 5,956 ha | +26.0% |
| 2023 | 5,800 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 8,617 ha | +48.6% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 8,617 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,887 ha, 4.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 8,617 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,515 ha, 3.4× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +96.4% | 1,182 ha | 2,322 ha |
| 2009 | +67.2% | 707 ha | 1,182 ha |
| 2013 | +61.7% | 2,069 ha | 3,346 ha |
| 2021 | +49.0% | 3,173 ha | 4,728 ha |
| 2024 | +48.6% | 5,800 ha | 8,617 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 500 ha | 500 ha | 500 ha | 5 |
| 2000s | 604.3 ha | 500 ha | 1,182 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,738 ha | 2,069 ha | 3,346 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,655 ha | 3,173 ha | 8,617 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 10 Belgium 11,480 ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 353 ha compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 10,498 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 22 ha compare
- 12 Australia 9,214 ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 0 ha
- 14 Guinea 8,003 ha compare
- 15 Bangladesh 7,563 ha compare
- 16 Chile 7,485 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 lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Malaysia was 8,617 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,617 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1995.
- How does Malaysia rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 13th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 175.6%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.