Okra — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Okra — Area harvested was 3,854 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, okra — area harvested in Malaysia stood at 3,854 ha.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 4,068 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 240 ha, in 1991.
That places Malaysia 18th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Okra — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 340 ha | — |
| 1991 | 240 ha | -29.4% |
| 1992 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 490 ha | +104.2% |
| 1994 | 490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 730 ha | +49.0% |
| 1997 | 730 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 730 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 970 ha | +32.9% |
| 2000 | 970 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 970 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,210 ha | +24.7% |
| 2003 | 1,210 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,210 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,450 ha | +19.8% |
| 2006 | 1,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,527 ha | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 1,702 ha | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 2,295 ha | +34.8% |
| 2011 | 2,350 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 2,157 ha | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 2,703 ha | +25.3% |
| 2014 | 3,120 ha | +15.4% |
| 2015 | 3,326 ha | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 3,127 ha | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 3,411 ha | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 3,250 ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 3,781 ha | +16.3% |
| 2020 | 3,600 ha | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 4,068 ha | +13.0% |
| 2022 | 3,666 ha | -9.9% |
| 2023 | 3,795 ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 3,854 ha | +1.6% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 3,854 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,006 ha, 3.8× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +104.2% | 240 ha | 490 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 545 ha | 240 ha | 970 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,315 ha | 970 ha | 1,702 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,952 ha | 2,157 ha | 3,781 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,797 ha | 3,600 ha | 4,068 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 okra — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Okra — area harvested in Malaysia was 3,854 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,068 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 240 ha in 1991.
- How does Malaysia rank for okra — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 18th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. 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 Okra — 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.