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 28th of 45 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.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,521 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,495 ha | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 3,507 ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 3,449 ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 3,427 ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 3,912 ha | +14.2% |
| 1967 | 3,330 ha | -14.9% |
| 1968 | 3,096 ha | -7.0% |
| 1969 | 3,416 ha | +10.3% |
| 1970 | 3,218 ha | -5.8% |
| 1971 | 3,338 ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 2,986 ha | -10.5% |
| 1973 | 2,977 ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 2,870 ha | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 2,815 ha | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 2,762 ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 2,734 ha | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 2,777 ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 2,560 ha | -7.8% |
| 1980 | 2,428 ha | -5.2% |
| 1981 | 2,457 ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 2,566 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 2,555 ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 3,239 ha | +26.8% |
| 1985 | 3,200 ha | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 3,218 ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 3,355 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 3,474 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 3,265 ha | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 3,270 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 3,306 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 2,893 ha | -12.5% |
| 1993 | 2,923 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 2,697 ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 2,946 ha | +9.2% |
| 1996 | 2,944 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 2,902 ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 2,300 ha | -20.7% |
| 1999 | 2,927 ha | +27.3% |
| 2000 | 3,003 ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 3,500 ha | +16.6% |
| 2002 | 3,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,320 ha | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 2,780 ha | -16.3% |
| 2008 | 1,990 ha | -28.4% |
| 2009 | 1,519 ha | -23.7% |
| 2010 | 2,459 ha | +61.9% |
| 2011 | 2,459 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,380 ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 2,299 ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 2,304 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,890 ha | -18.0% |
| 2016 | 2,003 ha | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 1,845 ha | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 2,083 ha | +12.9% |
| 2019 | 1,440 ha | -30.9% |
| 2020 | 1,869 ha | +29.8% |
| 2021 | 2,220 ha | +18.8% |
| 2022 | 1,966 ha | -11.4% |
| 2023 | 1,836 ha | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 1,764 ha | -3.9% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 1,764 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,144 ha, 1.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 1,764 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 35,100 ha, 5% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +61.9% | 1,519 ha | 2,459 ha |
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, 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 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 28th out of 45 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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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.