Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 6,109 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 6,109 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 21.0% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 57,647 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 4,325 ha, in 2008.
That places Malaysia 140th out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 41,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,800 ha | -10.2% |
| 1963 | 50,142 ha | +36.3% |
| 1964 | 57,647 ha | +15.0% |
| 1965 | 51,816 ha | -10.1% |
| 1966 | 52,403 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 52,117 ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 47,496 ha | -8.9% |
| 1969 | 43,425 ha | -8.6% |
| 1970 | 52,269 ha | +20.4% |
| 1971 | 48,150 ha | -7.9% |
| 1972 | 45,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 1973 | 47,302 ha | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 50,824 ha | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 52,241 ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 57,300 ha | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 57,593 ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 53,800 ha | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 53,400 ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 50,650 ha | -5.1% |
| 1981 | 52,850 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 52,550 ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 52,150 ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 52,450 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 51,900 ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 52,900 ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 52,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 51,450 ha | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 47,200 ha | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 44,400 ha | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 37,450 ha | -15.7% |
| 1992 | 35,700 ha | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 33,071 ha | -7.4% |
| 1994 | 30,926 ha | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 26,071 ha | -15.7% |
| 1996 | 22,950 ha | -12.0% |
| 1997 | 20,000 ha | -12.9% |
| 1998 | 16,650 ha | -16.8% |
| 1999 | 14,500 ha | -12.9% |
| 2000 | 12,050 ha | -16.9% |
| 2001 | 10,000 ha | -17.0% |
| 2002 | 9,400 ha | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 8,200 ha | -12.8% |
| 2004 | 7,098 ha | -13.4% |
| 2005 | 6,322 ha | -10.9% |
| 2006 | 5,641 ha | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 4,887 ha | -13.4% |
| 2008 | 4,325 ha | -11.5% |
| 2009 | 5,040 ha | +16.5% |
| 2010 | 5,281 ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 5,166 ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 5,668 ha | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 7,493 ha | +32.2% |
| 2014 | 6,417 ha | -14.4% |
| 2015 | 7,060 ha | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 6,708 ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 5,865 ha | -12.6% |
| 2018 | 5,554 ha | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 6,625 ha | +19.3% |
| 2020 | 6,957 ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 7,684 ha | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 6,658 ha | -13.4% |
| 2023 | 5,050 ha | -24.2% |
| 2024 | 6,109 ha | +21.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,094 ha | 36,800 ha | 57,647 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 51,788 ha | 45,000 ha | 57,593 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 51,700 ha | 47,200 ha | 52,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,172 ha | 14,500 ha | 44,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,296 ha | 4,325 ha | 12,050 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,184 ha | 5,166 ha | 7,493 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,492 ha | 5,050 ha | 7,684 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.2% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Malaysia was 6,109 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 57,647 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,325 ha in 2008.
- How does Malaysia rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 140th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested. 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.