Yams — Production in Malaysia
Malaysia: Yams — Production was 2,682 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Production in Malaysia, 2020–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — production in Malaysia is 2,682 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 23.4% on the previous year and down 24.4% over five years.
That places Malaysia 41st out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Yams — Production in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3,547 t | — |
| 2021 | 6,345 t | +78.9% |
| 2022 | 6,812 t | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 3,502 t | -48.6% |
| 2024 | 2,682 t | -23.4% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 2,682 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,602 t, 28% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 2,682 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5,250 t, 51% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 38 Tonga 4,678 t compare
- 39 Mauritania 3,033 t compare
- 40 Guadeloupe 3,000 t
- 42 Puerto Rico 2,459 t compare
- 43 Portugal 2,328 t
- 44 Sao Tome and Principe 2,274 t 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 yams — production in Malaysia?
- Yams — production in Malaysia was 2,682 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,812 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,682 t in 2024.
- How does Malaysia rank for yams — production?
- Malaysia ranks 41st out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Production. 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.