Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 315 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 315 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 35.2% on the previous year and up 114.3% over five years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 20,000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 147 ha, in 2021.
That places Malaysia 144th out of 167 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.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,664 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,461 ha | -3.0% |
| 1963 | 9,237 ha | +43.0% |
| 1964 | 8,928 ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 8,349 ha | -6.5% |
| 1966 | 7,843 ha | -6.1% |
| 1967 | 6,567 ha | -16.3% |
| 1968 | 8,806 ha | +34.1% |
| 1969 | 9,077 ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 7,629 ha | -16.0% |
| 1971 | 6,390 ha | -16.2% |
| 1972 | 6,882 ha | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 6,466 ha | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 9,400 ha | +45.4% |
| 1975 | 11,174 ha | +18.9% |
| 1976 | 16,156 ha | +44.6% |
| 1977 | 10,625 ha | -34.2% |
| 1978 | 10,800 ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 7,000 ha | -35.2% |
| 1980 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 14,000 ha | +75.0% |
| 1984 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1988 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 147 ha | -99.3% |
| 2022 | 253 ha | +72.1% |
| 2023 | 233 ha | -7.9% |
| 2024 | 315 ha | +35.2% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 315 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63,256 ha, 0% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 315 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 48,382 ha, 1% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -99.3% | 20,000 ha | 147 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,992 ha | 6,461 ha | 9,237 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,252 ha | 6,390 ha | 16,156 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,400 ha | 7,000 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 1 |
| 2020s | 237 ha | 147 ha | 315 ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 141 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 500 ha compare
- 142 Oman 493 ha compare
- 143 Sao Tome and Principe 397 ha compare
- 145 Luxembourg 250 ha compare
- 146 Grenada 178 ha compare
- 147 Dominica 115 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Malaysia was 315 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 20,000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 147 ha in 2021.
- How does Malaysia rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 144th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — 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.