Sweet potatoes — Production in Malaysia
Malaysia: Sweet potatoes — Production was 26 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Malaysia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 26 1000 t for sweet potatoes — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 42.2% on the previous year and down 49.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Malaysia peaked at 56 1000 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 23 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Malaysia 61st out of 111 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 27 1000 t | +17.4% |
| 2012 | 56 1000 t | +107.4% |
| 2013 | 51 1000 t | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 51 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 51 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 43 1000 t | -15.7% |
| 2017 | 41 1000 t | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 52 1000 t | +26.8% |
| 2019 | 56 1000 t | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 55 1000 t | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 53 1000 t | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 45 1000 t | -15.1% |
| 2023 | 26 1000 t | -42.2% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 26 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13 1000 t, 2.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 26 1000 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 62 1000 t, 42% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +107.4% | 27 1000 t | 56 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 45.1 1000 t | 23 1000 t | 56 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.75 1000 t | 26 1000 t | 55 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 sweet potatoes — production in Malaysia?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Malaysia was 26 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 56 1000 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Malaysia rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Malaysia ranks 61st out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.0%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Production. 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.