Sugar cane — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 935 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — area harvested in Malaysia is 935 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.3% on the previous year and up 294.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 24,860 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 237 ha, in 2014.
Malaysia ranks 84th of 103 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,062 ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 1,094 ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 1,211 ha | +10.7% |
| 1965 | 1,271 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 1,572 ha | +23.7% |
| 1967 | 1,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1969 | 1,927 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 2,851 ha | +48.0% |
| 1971 | 7,142 ha | +150.5% |
| 1972 | 8,903 ha | +24.7% |
| 1973 | 16,281 ha | +82.9% |
| 1974 | 16,416 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 22,887 ha | +39.4% |
| 1976 | 24,860 ha | +8.6% |
| 1977 | 20,000 ha | -19.5% |
| 1978 | 21,400 ha | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 20,100 ha | -6.1% |
| 1980 | 18,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 1981 | 17,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1982 | 19,700 ha | +15.9% |
| 1983 | 20,500 ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 22,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1985 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 20,406 ha | -11.3% |
| 1988 | 20,975 ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 20,375 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 21,574 ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 22,542 ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 23,504 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 22,755 ha | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 22,661 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 23,550 ha | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 22,320 ha | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 21,898 ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 22,043 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 21,411 ha | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 21,380 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 21,075 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 21,228 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 13,000 ha | -38.8% |
| 2004 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 15,203 ha | +26.7% |
| 2008 | 14,340 ha | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 8,000 ha | -44.2% |
| 2010 | 4,540 ha | -43.2% |
| 2011 | 4,099 ha | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 4,346 ha | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 2,847 ha | -34.5% |
| 2014 | 237 ha | -91.7% |
| 2015 | 1,717 ha | +624.5% |
| 2016 | 1,515 ha | -11.8% |
| 2017 | 1,668 ha | +10.1% |
| 2018 | 1,400 ha | -16.1% |
| 2019 | 1,174 ha | -16.1% |
| 2020 | 1,311 ha | +11.7% |
| 2021 | 1,678 ha | +28.0% |
| 2022 | 1,249 ha | -25.6% |
| 2023 | 1,042 ha | -16.6% |
| 2024 | 935 ha | -10.3% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 935 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha, 1% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 935 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 28,664 ha, 3% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +624.5% | 237 ha | 1,717 ha |
| 1971 | +150.5% | 2,851 ha | 7,142 ha |
| 2014 | -91.7% | 2,847 ha | 237 ha |
| 1973 | +82.9% | 8,903 ha | 16,281 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,393 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,927 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,084 ha | 2,851 ha | 24,860 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,396 ha | 17,000 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,426 ha | 21,411 ha | 23,550 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,023 ha | 8,000 ha | 21,380 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,354 ha | 237 ha | 4,540 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,243 ha | 935 ha | 1,678 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 81 Barbados 1,580 ha compare
- 82 Sierra Leone 1,193 ha compare
- 83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,000 ha compare
- 85 Oman 302 ha compare
- 86 Guinea-Bissau 262 ha compare
- 87 Dominica 252 ha compare
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 cane — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Malaysia was 935 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 24,860 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 237 ha in 2014.
- How does Malaysia rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 84th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 294.5%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.