Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Malaysia
Malaysia: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 4,151 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Malaysia stood at 4,151 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 6.0% on the previous year and up 141.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Malaysia peaked at 4,759 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,462 kg/ha, in 1987.
That places Malaysia 7th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,667 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1963 | 2,833 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 3,000 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 2,500 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1966 | 2,688 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 2,531 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1968 | 4,078 kg/ha | +61.1% |
| 1969 | 4,321 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 4,547 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 3,780 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1972 | 3,838 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 3,064 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1974 | 3,500 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1975 | 3,565 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 3,910 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 2,824 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1978 | 3,196 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1979 | 3,454 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 2,482 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 1981 | 2,152 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1982 | 1,973 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1983 | 1,846 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1984 | 1,576 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1985 | 3,523 kg/ha | +123.6% |
| 1986 | 2,513 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1987 | 1,462 kg/ha | -41.8% |
| 1988 | 2,082 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 1989 | 2,539 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1990 | 2,709 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 2,589 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 2,610 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 1,978 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1994 | 1,891 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 1,606 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1996 | 1,633 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 1,753 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 1,668 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 1,760 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 1,798 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 2,012 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2002 | 1,772 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2003 | 1,530 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2004 | 1,547 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 1,501 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 1,574 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 1,543 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 1,647 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 1,610 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 2,200 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 2011 | 2,300 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 2,400 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 2,694 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2014 | 1,716 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 2015 | 1,733 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1,744 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1,781 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 4,500 kg/ha | +152.7% |
| 2019 | 4,650 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 3,840 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2021 | 4,080 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 4,759 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2023 | 3,915 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2024 | 4,151 kg/ha | +6.0% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 4,151 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,412 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 4,151 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,878 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +152.7% | 1,781 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha |
| 1985 | +123.6% | 1,576 kg/ha | 3,523 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,069 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 4,321 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,568 kg/ha | 2,824 kg/ha | 4,547 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,215 kg/ha | 1,462 kg/ha | 3,523 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,020 kg/ha | 1,606 kg/ha | 2,709 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,653 kg/ha | 1,501 kg/ha | 2,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,572 kg/ha | 1,716 kg/ha | 4,650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,149 kg/ha | 3,840 kg/ha | 4,759 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 769.1 kg/ha compare
- 4 Zimbabwe 10,000 kg/ha compare
- 5 Cambodia 6,722 kg/ha compare
- 6 Costa Rica 4,269 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 444.3 kg/ha compare
- 8 Grenada 4,000 kg/ha compare
- 9 Saint Lucia 3,613 kg/ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 80.5 kg/ha compare
- 10 Rwanda 3,550 kg/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 pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Malaysia?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Malaysia was 4,151 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,759 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,462 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Malaysia rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Malaysia ranks 7th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 141.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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.