Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Malaysia
Malaysia: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 24.79 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 24.79 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Malaysia peaked at 26.28 % in 2019 and was at its lowest, 9.39 %, in 1961.
Malaysia ranks 141st of 216 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.44 % | 9.39 % | 11.43 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.16 % | 11.82 % | 14.73 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.99 % | 14.97 % | 20.46 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.2 % | 20.56 % | 21.93 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.1 % | 22.11 % | 23.84 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.36 % | 24.07 % | 26.28 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.19 % | 24.79 % | 25.71 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More environment data for Malaysia
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1.20 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1.33 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 26,142 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 12,792 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 1.29 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 2.73 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 650,242 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 658,658 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Malaysia?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Malaysia was 24.79 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 26.28 % in 2019.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.39 % in 1961.
- How does Malaysia rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Malaysia ranks 141st out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. 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 Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.