Watermelons — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Watermelons — Area harvested was 8,838 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Malaysia is 8,838 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 26.2% on the previous year and down 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 14,872 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1963.
That places Malaysia 39th out of 131 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.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1964 | 1,300 ha | +30.0% |
| 1965 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,600 ha | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 2,600 ha | +30.0% |
| 1972 | 2,400 ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 2,200 ha | -8.3% |
| 1974 | 2,700 ha | +22.7% |
| 1975 | 2,300 ha | -14.8% |
| 1976 | 3,900 ha | +69.6% |
| 1977 | 3,800 ha | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,400 ha | +42.1% |
| 1981 | 4,150 ha | -23.1% |
| 1982 | 4,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | -37.5% |
| 1984 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,200 ha | -12.0% |
| 1986 | 2,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +90.5% |
| 1988 | 2,600 ha | -35.0% |
| 1989 | 2,350 ha | -9.6% |
| 1990 | 3,200 ha | +36.2% |
| 1991 | 3,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 4,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1993 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 6,500 ha | +30.0% |
| 1995 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1996 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1998 | 9,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1999 | 6,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 2000 | 7,737 ha | +28.9% |
| 2001 | 5,253 ha | -32.1% |
| 2002 | 6,495 ha | +23.6% |
| 2003 | 6,200 ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 6,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 6,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8,270 ha | +31.3% |
| 2007 | 9,241 ha | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 10,180 ha | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 14,872 ha | +46.1% |
| 2010 | 14,416 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 13,814 ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 11,949 ha | -13.5% |
| 2013 | 11,032 ha | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 10,842 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 10,024 ha | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 11,058 ha | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 9,595 ha | -13.2% |
| 2018 | 9,438 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 8,302 ha | -12.0% |
| 2020 | 8,721 ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 7,568 ha | -13.2% |
| 2022 | 7,992 ha | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 7,005 ha | -12.3% |
| 2024 | 8,838 ha | +26.2% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 8,838 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 1.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 8,838 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,036 ha, 2.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,389 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,950 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,180 ha | 2,100 ha | 5,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,570 ha | 3,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,085 ha | 5,253 ha | 14,872 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,047 ha | 8,302 ha | 14,416 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,025 ha | 7,005 ha | 8,838 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More environment data for Malaysia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.65 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -2.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.9114 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Malaysia was 8,838 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 14,872 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Malaysia rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 39th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.5%. 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 Watermelons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.