Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Malaysia
Malaysia: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 18,098 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — yield in Malaysia is 18,098 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 53.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Malaysia peaked at 74,728 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 14,422 kg/ha, in 1971.
Malaysia ranks 139th of 152 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,898 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 33,821 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 32,205 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1965 | 32,258 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 29,898 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1967 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 30,099 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 24,904 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1971 | 14,422 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 1972 | 25,048 kg/ha | +73.7% |
| 1973 | 24,998 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 35,027 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 1975 | 34,998 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 34,996 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 50,000 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 1978 | 45,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 50,000 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 40,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1981 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 50,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 50,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 50,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 49,091 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 53,000 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 59,149 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1988 | 54,350 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1989 | 59,681 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1990 | 60,258 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 54,121 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1992 | 56,161 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 68,000 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1994 | 68,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 68,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 71,685 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 73,066 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 72,585 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 74,728 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 51,450 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 2001 | 47,450 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 47,108 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 50,000 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 41,667 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2005 | 41,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 37,500 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 34,204 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2008 | 34,868 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 43,750 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 2010 | 44,207 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 47,349 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 33,632 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2013 | 34,734 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 38,595 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2015 | 17,632 kg/ha | -54.3% |
| 2016 | 18,501 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 17,977 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 16,768 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 17,678 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 17,945 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 15,247 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2022 | 20,046 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 2023 | 19,548 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 18,098 kg/ha | -7.4% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 18,098 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 45,353 kg/ha, 40% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 18,098 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 50,138 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +73.7% | 14,422 kg/ha | 25,048 kg/ha |
| 2015 | -54.3% | 38,595 kg/ha | 17,632 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,575 kg/ha | 29,898 kg/ha | 33,898 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,939 kg/ha | 14,422 kg/ha | 50,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 50,527 kg/ha | 40,000 kg/ha | 59,681 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 66,660 kg/ha | 54,121 kg/ha | 74,728 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,966 kg/ha | 34,204 kg/ha | 51,450 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,707 kg/ha | 16,768 kg/ha | 47,349 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,177 kg/ha | 15,247 kg/ha | 20,046 kg/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 sugar crops primary — yield in Malaysia?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Malaysia was 18,098 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 74,728 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,422 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Malaysia rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Malaysia ranks 139th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.