Tea leaves — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 1,764 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 1,764 ha for tea leaves — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 3,912 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 1,440 ha, in 2019.
Malaysia ranks 35th of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,461 ha | 3,096 ha | 3,912 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,904 ha | 2,560 ha | 3,338 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,976 ha | 2,428 ha | 3,474 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,911 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,306 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,001 ha | 1,519 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,116 ha | 1,440 ha | 2,459 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,931 ha | 1,764 ha | 2,220 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More agriculture & rural data for Malaysia
- 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)
- Rural population 22.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 8.13 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 38.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 335,444 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Malaysia was 1,764 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,912 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,440 ha in 2019.
- How does Malaysia rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 35th out of 51 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.