Soya beans — Yield in Malaysia
Malaysia: Soya beans — Yield was 333.3 kg/ha in 1990. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Yield in Malaysia, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — yield in Malaysia is 333.3 kg/ha, measured in 1990.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.1% on the previous year and down 71.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Malaysia peaked at 2,250 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 300 kg/ha, in 1988.
That places Malaysia 96th out of 98 countries with data for 1990, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Yield in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 395.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 405.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 416.7 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 531.9 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1968 | 500 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 416.7 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 518.3 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1971 | 892.9 kg/ha | +72.3% |
| 1972 | 750 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1973 | 909.1 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1974 | 1,173 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1975 | 1,016 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1976 | 1,032 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 1,111 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 1,321 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1979 | 1,071 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1980 | 1,176 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1981 | 1,429 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1982 | 1,667 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1983 | 1,454 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1984 | 1,500 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 2,250 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1986 | 600 kg/ha | -73.3% |
| 1987 | 400 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1988 | 300 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1989 | 300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 333.3 kg/ha | +11.1% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 333.3 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,932 kg/ha, 17% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 333.3 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,640 kg/ha, 20% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 429.61 kg/ha | 395.8 kg/ha | 531.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 979.39 kg/ha | 518.3 kg/ha | 1,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,108 kg/ha | 300 kg/ha | 2,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 333.3 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 1 |
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 soya beans — yield in Malaysia?
- Soya beans — yield in Malaysia was 333.3 kg/ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,250 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Malaysia rank for soya beans — yield?
- Malaysia ranks 96th out of 98 countries with data for 1990.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.7%. 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 Soya beans — 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.