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 113 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.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 8,842 ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 9,447 ha | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 9,716 ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 9,203 ha | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 9,217 ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 6,496 ha | -29.5% |
| 1969 | 5,825 ha | -10.3% |
| 1970 | 5,269 ha | -9.5% |
| 1971 | 6,150 ha | +16.7% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | -18.7% |
| 1973 | 3,802 ha | -24.0% |
| 1974 | 3,324 ha | -12.6% |
| 1975 | 3,241 ha | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 3,300 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 3,593 ha | +8.9% |
| 1978 | 3,800 ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 3,400 ha | -10.5% |
| 1980 | 3,650 ha | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 2,850 ha | -21.9% |
| 1982 | 2,550 ha | -10.5% |
| 1983 | 2,650 ha | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 2,450 ha | -7.5% |
| 1985 | 2,400 ha | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,750 ha | +14.6% |
| 1989 | 3,200 ha | +16.4% |
| 1990 | 3,400 ha | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 3,971 ha | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 3,626 ha | -8.7% |
| 1995 | 3,671 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 3,200 ha | -12.8% |
| 1997 | 2,700 ha | -15.6% |
| 1998 | 2,500 ha | -7.4% |
| 1999 | 2,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 2000 | 1,800 ha | -21.7% |
| 2001 | 1,400 ha | -22.2% |
| 2002 | 2,100 ha | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 2,400 ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 2,198 ha | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 2,102 ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 1,991 ha | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 1,821 ha | -8.5% |
| 2008 | 1,309 ha | -28.1% |
| 2009 | 1,309 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,164 ha | +65.3% |
| 2011 | 2,229 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 2,595 ha | +16.4% |
| 2013 | 3,042 ha | +17.2% |
| 2014 | 3,013 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 2,908 ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 2,592 ha | -10.9% |
| 2017 | 2,441 ha | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 2,735 ha | +12.0% |
| 2019 | 3,319 ha | +21.4% |
| 2020 | 3,194 ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 3,129 ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 2,643 ha | -15.5% |
| 2023 | 1,661 ha | -37.2% |
| 2024 | 3,099 ha | +86.6% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 3,099 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,598 ha, 1.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 3,099 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,397 ha, 70% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +86.6% | 1,661 ha | 3,099 ha |
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
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 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 113 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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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.