Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Malaysia
Malaysia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 18,876 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Malaysia stood at 18,876 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.2% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Malaysia peaked at 23,954 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 7,685 kg/ha, in 1964.
Malaysia ranks 75th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,073 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,533 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 7,977 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1964 | 7,685 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 8,115 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 8,072 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 8,193 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 8,064 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 8,244 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 8,399 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 8,224 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 9,467 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1973 | 9,577 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 9,346 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 8,700 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1976 | 8,630 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 8,907 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 8,922 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 8,970 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 8,977 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 8,904 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 9,305 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 9,287 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 9,331 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 9,364 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 9,263 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 9,308 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 9,430 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 10,174 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 9,671 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 10,315 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 10,328 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 10,985 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1994 | 11,048 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 11,242 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 11,102 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 11,800 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 13,093 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1999 | 13,455 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 12,946 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 14,015 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 14,505 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 15,802 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 16,423 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 17,717 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 18,551 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 15,306 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2008 | 13,858 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2009 | 17,534 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 2010 | 11,954 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 2011 | 12,116 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 23,954 kg/ha | +97.7% |
| 2013 | 15,551 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 2014 | 16,663 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 17,446 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 16,905 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 17,090 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 19,644 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2019 | 19,282 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 18,903 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 18,022 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 19,107 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 21,501 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2024 | 18,876 kg/ha | -12.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,106 kg/ha | 7,685 kg/ha | 8,533 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,914 kg/ha | 8,224 kg/ha | 9,577 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,334 kg/ha | 8,904 kg/ha | 10,174 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,304 kg/ha | 9,671 kg/ha | 13,455 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,666 kg/ha | 12,946 kg/ha | 18,551 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,061 kg/ha | 11,954 kg/ha | 23,954 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,282 kg/ha | 18,022 kg/ha | 21,501 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Malaysia?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Malaysia was 18,876 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 23,954 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,685 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Malaysia rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Malaysia ranks 75th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. 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.