Oil palm fruit — Yield in Malaysia
Malaysia: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 19,770 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — yield in Malaysia is 19,770 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.8% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Malaysia peaked at 20,340 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 11,547 kg/ha, in 1961.
Malaysia ranks 1st of 41 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,547 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,344 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 13,490 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1964 | 12,231 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1965 | 13,424 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1966 | 14,080 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 14,382 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 14,278 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 14,043 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 14,376 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 15,772 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1972 | 14,556 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 13,906 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 15,103 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 16,076 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 14,317 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1977 | 14,382 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 16,416 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1979 | 15,963 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 16,465 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 16,978 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 20,144 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1983 | 15,234 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1984 | 18,183 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1985 | 17,818 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 16,978 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 16,604 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 16,526 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 18,300 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1990 | 17,754 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 15,043 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1992 | 15,107 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 17,216 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1994 | 16,086 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 16,614 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 16,354 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 16,477 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 14,242 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1999 | 16,599 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2000 | 16,762 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 16,848 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 16,224 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 17,563 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 18,032 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 18,463 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 19,063 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 18,354 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 19,552 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 18,270 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 17,119 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 18,583 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 18,696 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 18,150 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 20,340 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 20,238 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 17,260 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2017 | 19,907 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2018 | 18,966 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 18,990 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 18,535 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 17,766 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 18,492 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 18,509 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 19,770 kg/ha | +6.8% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 19,770 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,392 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 19,770 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12,814 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,313 kg/ha | 11,547 kg/ha | 14,382 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,087 kg/ha | 13,906 kg/ha | 16,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,323 kg/ha | 15,234 kg/ha | 20,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,149 kg/ha | 14,242 kg/ha | 17,754 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,913 kg/ha | 16,224 kg/ha | 19,552 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,825 kg/ha | 17,119 kg/ha | 20,340 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,614 kg/ha | 17,766 kg/ha | 19,770 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
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 oil palm fruit — yield in Malaysia?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Malaysia was 19,770 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 20,340 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,547 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Malaysia rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Malaysia ranks 1st out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.