Sweet potatoes — Production in Malaysia
Malaysia: Sweet potatoes — Production was 50,583 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Malaysia stood at 50,583 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 53.4% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Malaysia peaked at 116,000 t in 1965 and was at its lowest, 13,495 t, in 2009.
Malaysia ranks 54th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 100,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 106,000 t | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 115,000 t | +8.5% |
| 1965 | 116,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 109,000 t | -6.0% |
| 1967 | 111,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 79,000 t | -28.8% |
| 1969 | 71,000 t | -10.1% |
| 1970 | 64,000 t | -9.9% |
| 1971 | 74,000 t | +15.6% |
| 1972 | 58,000 t | -21.6% |
| 1973 | 46,000 t | -20.7% |
| 1974 | 40,000 t | -13.0% |
| 1975 | 38,500 t | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 37,500 t | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 43,000 t | +14.7% |
| 1978 | 45,000 t | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 39,000 t | -13.3% |
| 1980 | 39,700 t | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 25,600 t | -35.5% |
| 1982 | 29,000 t | +13.3% |
| 1983 | 27,300 t | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 24,400 t | -10.6% |
| 1985 | 24,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 25,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 26,400 t | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 30,200 t | +14.4% |
| 1989 | 35,200 t | +16.6% |
| 1990 | 37,400 t | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 38,500 t | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 40,700 t | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 43,681 t | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 39,886 t | -8.7% |
| 1995 | 40,381 t | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 35,000 t | -13.3% |
| 1997 | 30,000 t | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 28,000 t | -6.7% |
| 1999 | 25,000 t | -10.7% |
| 2000 | 20,000 t | -20.0% |
| 2001 | 15,946 t | -20.3% |
| 2002 | 22,848 t | +43.3% |
| 2003 | 26,576 t | +16.3% |
| 2004 | 26,873 t | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 27,000 t | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 28,445 t | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 29,637 t | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 18,228 t | -38.5% |
| 2009 | 13,495 t | -26.0% |
| 2010 | 23,054 t | +70.8% |
| 2011 | 26,582 t | +15.3% |
| 2012 | 55,838 t | +110.1% |
| 2013 | 50,748 t | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 51,476 t | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 50,607 t | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 43,212 t | -14.6% |
| 2017 | 41,245 t | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 52,225 t | +26.6% |
| 2019 | 56,344 t | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 54,750 t | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 53,614 t | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 44,687 t | -16.7% |
| 2023 | 32,984 t | -26.2% |
| 2024 | 50,583 t | +53.4% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 50,583 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 31,278 t, 1.6× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 50,583 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 55,628 t, 91% of the median. (16 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 | +110.1% | 26,582 t | 55,838 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100,778 t | 71,000 t | 116,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,500 t | 37,500 t | 74,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,680 t | 24,000 t | 39,700 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,855 t | 25,000 t | 43,681 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,905 t | 13,495 t | 29,637 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,133 t | 23,054 t | 56,344 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,324 t | 32,984 t | 54,750 t | 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 — production in Malaysia?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Malaysia was 50,583 t in 2024, 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 116,000 t in 1965.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,495 t in 2009.
- How does Malaysia rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Malaysia ranks 54th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. 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 — Production. 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.