Spinach — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Spinach — Area harvested was 10,520 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Malaysia is 10,520 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 139.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 10,970 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1988.
Malaysia ranks 6th of 69 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 1,300 ha | +18.2% |
| 1999 | 1,600 ha | +23.1% |
| 2000 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 2001 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2004 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 3,620 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 3,730 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 3,858 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 4,094 ha | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 4,584 ha | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 3,585 ha | -21.8% |
| 2011 | 4,098 ha | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 4,023 ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 4,288 ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 4,386 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 3,860 ha | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 4,276 ha | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 5,485 ha | +28.3% |
| 2018 | 5,653 ha | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 6,210 ha | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 10,254 ha | +65.1% |
| 2021 | 10,567 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 10,970 ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 10,364 ha | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 10,520 ha | +1.5% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 10,520 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 684.5 ha, 15.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 10,520 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,061 ha, 9.9× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +65.1% | 6,210 ha | 10,254 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 1,100 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,269 ha | 1,800 ha | 4,584 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,586 ha | 3,585 ha | 6,210 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,535 ha | 10,254 ha | 10,970 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 spinach — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Spinach — area harvested in Malaysia was 10,520 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 10,970 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1988.
- How does Malaysia rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 6th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 139.9%. 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 Spinach — 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.