Milk, Total — Production in Malaysia
Malaysia: Milk, Total — Production was 48,470 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Production in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for milk, total — production in Malaysia is 48,470 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and down 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — production in Malaysia peaked at 84,305 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 29,160 t, in 1968.
That places Malaysia 139th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Production in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,670 t | — |
| 1962 | 33,900 t | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 31,430 t | -7.3% |
| 1964 | 34,245 t | +9.0% |
| 1965 | 33,900 t | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 33,985 t | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 30,770 t | -9.5% |
| 1968 | 29,160 t | -5.2% |
| 1969 | 31,270 t | +7.2% |
| 1970 | 31,960 t | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 32,100 t | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 31,625 t | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 32,095 t | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 31,525 t | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 30,740 t | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 32,195 t | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 31,695 t | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 35,450 t | +11.8% |
| 1979 | 37,345 t | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 37,225 t | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 38,275 t | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 38,145 t | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 33,270 t | -12.8% |
| 1984 | 33,155 t | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 30,310 t | -8.6% |
| 1986 | 31,390 t | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 33,005 t | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 36,790 t | +11.5% |
| 1989 | 38,660 t | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 38,745 t | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 40,227 t | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 41,981 t | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 42,391 t | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 44,892 t | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 45,904 t | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 44,938 t | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 42,331 t | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 40,999 t | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 37,602 t | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 37,656 t | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 38,606 t | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 44,825 t | +16.1% |
| 2003 | 45,585 t | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 48,334 t | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 50,386 t | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 52,950 t | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 60,080 t | +13.5% |
| 2008 | 65,502 t | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 71,300 t | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 76,200 t | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 80,370 t | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 81,310 t | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 82,990 t | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 83,654 t | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 84,305 t | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 45,034 t | -46.6% |
| 2017 | 44,708 t | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 46,219 t | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 48,093 t | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 47,506 t | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 44,589 t | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 45,019 t | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 46,301 t | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 48,470 t | +4.7% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 48,470 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 540,239 t, 9% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 48,470 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 33,970 t, 1.4× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -46.6% | 84,305 t | 45,034 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,481 t | 29,160 t | 34,245 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,673 t | 30,740 t | 37,345 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,022 t | 30,310 t | 38,660 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,001 t | 37,602 t | 45,904 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 51,522 t | 37,656 t | 71,300 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 67,288 t | 44,708 t | 84,305 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,377 t | 44,589 t | 48,470 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More agriculture & rural data for Malaysia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.2303 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.2382 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — production in Malaysia?
- Milk, total — production in Malaysia was 48,470 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — production recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 84,305 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest milk, total — production recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,160 t in 1968.
- How does Malaysia rank for milk, total — production?
- Malaysia ranks 139th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — production rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.1%. 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 Milk, Total — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.