Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 3,099 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Malaysia stood at 3,099 ha.
The figure is up 86.6% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 9,716 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 1,309 ha, in 2008.
That places Malaysia 55th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,450 ha | 5,825 ha | 9,716 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,088 ha | 3,241 ha | 6,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,730 ha | 2,400 ha | 3,650 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,257 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,971 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,843 ha | 1,309 ha | 2,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,704 ha | 2,164 ha | 3,319 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,745 ha | 1,661 ha | 3,194 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 52 Australia and New Zealand 3,347 ha compare
- 53 Mexico 3,287 ha compare
- 54 Jamaica 3,214 ha compare
- 56 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 2,933 ha compare
- 57 Senegal 2,490 ha compare
- 58 Comoros, Union of the 2,244 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.22 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.22 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Malaysia was 3,099 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 9,716 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,309 ha in 2008.
- How does Malaysia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 55th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. 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.