Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 77,365 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 77,365 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.9% on the previous year and up 31.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 77,365 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,734 ha, in 1967.
That places Malaysia 73rd out of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,780 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,220 ha | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 10,460 ha | -6.8% |
| 1964 | 10,970 ha | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 10,780 ha | -1.7% |
| 1966 | 11,205 ha | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 7,734 ha | -31.0% |
| 1968 | 18,858 ha | +143.8% |
| 1969 | 18,755 ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 19,146 ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 18,147 ha | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 22,860 ha | +26.0% |
| 1973 | 14,810 ha | -35.2% |
| 1974 | 12,550 ha | -15.3% |
| 1975 | 15,325 ha | +22.1% |
| 1976 | 15,590 ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 15,800 ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 15,325 ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 16,010 ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 16,175 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 16,610 ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 16,980 ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 17,525 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 17,030 ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 17,270 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 17,370 ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 17,620 ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 18,280 ha | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 18,550 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 20,986 ha | +13.1% |
| 1991 | 21,760 ha | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 22,814 ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 24,552 ha | +7.6% |
| 1994 | 25,752 ha | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 26,966 ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 24,933 ha | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 28,651 ha | +14.9% |
| 1998 | 27,229 ha | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 28,570 ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 28,188 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 27,918 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 29,263 ha | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 31,434 ha | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 34,256 ha | +9.0% |
| 2005 | 35,641 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 37,033 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 38,257 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 39,104 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 41,622 ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 47,943 ha | +15.2% |
| 2011 | 49,963 ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 50,882 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 56,486 ha | +11.0% |
| 2014 | 58,861 ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 58,176 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 54,403 ha | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 54,514 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 54,808 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 54,835 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 61,022 ha | +11.3% |
| 2021 | 70,855 ha | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 71,019 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 67,897 ha | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 77,365 ha | +13.9% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 77,365 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 1.8× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 77,365 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 20,233 ha, 3.8× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +143.8% | 7,734 ha | 18,858 ha |
| 1973 | -35.2% | 22,860 ha | 14,810 ha |
| 1967 | -31.0% | 11,205 ha | 7,734 ha |
| 1972 | +26.0% | 18,147 ha | 22,860 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,307 ha | 7,734 ha | 18,858 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,556 ha | 12,550 ha | 22,860 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,341 ha | 16,175 ha | 18,550 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,221 ha | 20,986 ha | 28,651 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,272 ha | 27,918 ha | 41,622 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,087 ha | 47,943 ha | 58,861 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 69,632 ha | 61,022 ha | 77,365 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Malaysia was 77,365 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 77,365 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,734 ha in 1967.
- How does Malaysia rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 73rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.4%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.