Sugar & Sweeteners — Food in Malaysia
Malaysia: Sugar & Sweeteners — Food was 1,560 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food in Malaysia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 1,560 1000 t for sugar & sweeteners — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 7.3% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar & sweeteners — food in Malaysia peaked at 1,560 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,368 1000 t, in 2016.
Malaysia ranks 36th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,461 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,412 1000 t | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 1,377 1000 t | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 1,434 1000 t | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 1,472 1000 t | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 1,398 1000 t | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 1,368 1000 t | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 1,430 1000 t | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 1,493 1000 t | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 1,450 1000 t | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 1,455 1000 t | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,462 1000 t | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 1,454 1000 t | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,560 1000 t | +7.3% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 1,560 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 302 1000 t, 5.2× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 1,560 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 105 1000 t, 14.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,430 1000 t | 1,368 1000 t | 1,493 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,483 1000 t | 1,454 1000 t | 1,560 1000 t | 4 |
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 sugar & sweeteners — food in Malaysia?
- Sugar & sweeteners — food in Malaysia was 1,560 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar & sweeteners — food recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,560 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar & sweeteners — food recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,368 1000 t in 2016.
- How does Malaysia rank for sugar & sweeteners — food?
- Malaysia ranks 36th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar & sweeteners — food rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. 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 Sugar & Sweeteners — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.