Vegetables Primary — Yield in Malaysia
Malaysia: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 19,780 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in Malaysia is 19,780 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Malaysia peaked at 23,371 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 10,121 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Malaysia 74th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,121 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,258 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 10,277 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 10,283 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 10,186 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 10,888 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1967 | 11,611 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1968 | 10,977 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 11,186 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 12,258 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1971 | 11,363 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1972 | 12,095 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 13,133 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1974 | 13,259 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 13,514 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 13,547 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 13,538 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 13,879 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 13,348 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 13,465 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 13,630 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 13,498 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 13,649 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 13,611 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 13,144 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 13,425 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 14,171 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 14,141 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 14,447 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 14,448 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 14,099 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 14,215 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 15,160 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 15,510 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 14,963 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 14,218 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 14,624 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 14,731 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 14,200 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 14,150 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 13,791 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 13,974 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 14,020 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 14,514 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 14,643 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 15,684 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 16,177 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 16,354 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 17,184 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 17,688 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 18,842 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 20,745 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 21,242 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 23,027 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 23,371 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 22,359 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 20,921 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 21,364 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 20,428 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 19,482 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 18,300 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 19,211 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 20,082 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 19,780 kg/ha | -1.5% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 19,780 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,535 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 19,780 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12,603 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,643 kg/ha | 10,121 kg/ha | 11,611 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,993 kg/ha | 11,363 kg/ha | 13,879 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,718 kg/ha | 13,144 kg/ha | 14,447 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,617 kg/ha | 14,099 kg/ha | 15,510 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,049 kg/ha | 13,791 kg/ha | 17,184 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,999 kg/ha | 17,688 kg/ha | 23,371 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,371 kg/ha | 18,300 kg/ha | 20,082 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 71 El Salvador 20,892 kg/ha compare
- 72 Ukraine 20,472 kg/ha compare
- 73 Lithuania 20,378 kg/ha compare
- 75 Singapore 19,178 kg/ha compare
- 76 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 19,063 kg/ha compare
- 77 China, Taiwan Province of 18,476 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Malaysia?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Malaysia was 19,780 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 23,371 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,121 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Malaysia rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Malaysia ranks 74th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Yield. 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.