Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested was 11 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 11 ha for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 60.7% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 1,980 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 2021.
That places Malaysia 19th out of 20 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.
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 ha | -61.5% |
| 1963 | 700 ha | +40.0% |
| 1964 | 1,200 ha | +71.4% |
| 1965 | 700 ha | -41.7% |
| 1966 | 500 ha | -28.6% |
| 1967 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 650 ha | +18.2% |
| 1972 | 550 ha | -15.4% |
| 1973 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 750 ha | +50.0% |
| 1981 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 730 ha | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 780 ha | +6.8% |
| 1984 | 700 ha | -10.3% |
| 1985 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1990 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 1,980 ha | +52.3% |
| 1992 | 1,628 ha | -17.8% |
| 1993 | 1,400 ha | -14.0% |
| 1994 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 1,028 ha | -29.1% |
| 1996 | 854 ha | -16.9% |
| 1997 | 700 ha | -18.0% |
| 1998 | 1,400 ha | +100.0% |
| 1999 | 591 ha | -57.8% |
| 2000 | 480 ha | -18.8% |
| 2001 | 406 ha | -15.4% |
| 2002 | 344 ha | -15.3% |
| 2003 | 261 ha | -24.1% |
| 2004 | 195 ha | -25.3% |
| 2005 | 155 ha | -20.5% |
| 2006 | 75 ha | -51.6% |
| 2007 | 70 ha | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 62 ha | -11.4% |
| 2009 | 57 ha | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 47 ha | -17.5% |
| 2011 | 32 ha | -31.9% |
| 2012 | 19 ha | -40.6% |
| 2013 | 70 ha | +268.4% |
| 2014 | 14 ha | -80.0% |
| 2015 | 22 ha | +57.1% |
| 2016 | 23 ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 22 ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 14 ha | -36.4% |
| 2020 | 15 ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 5 ha | -66.7% |
| 2022 | 10 ha | +100.0% |
| 2023 | 28 ha | +180.0% |
| 2024 | 11 ha | -60.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 711.11 ha | 500 ha | 1,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 525 ha | 500 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 856 ha | 700 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,233 ha | 591 ha | 1,980 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 210.5 ha | 57 ha | 480 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.6 ha | 14 ha | 70 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.8 ha | 5 ha | 28 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 16 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51 ha compare
- 17 Togo 33 ha compare
- 18 Madagascar 15 ha compare
- 20 Dominica 1 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.22 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.22 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Malaysia was 11 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,980 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 2021.
- How does Malaysia rank for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 19th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. 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 Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — 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.