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Agricultural land in Malaysia

Agricultural land in Malaysia was 24.8% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.2 pts from 2023. That is the 141st highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202424.8% Estimated
Change on 2023-0.2 pts
Rank141st of 224Countries ranked
Series high26.32019
Series low9.41961

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Agricultural land in Malaysia, 1961 to 2024

5101520253019611971198119912001201120241961: 9.4 %1962: 9.6 %1963: 10 %1964: 10.2 %1965: 10.6 %1966: 10.7 %1967: 10.9 %1968: 11.3 %1969: 11.4 %1970: 11.8 %1971: 12.1 %1972: 12.4 %1973: 12.7 %1974: 12.9 %1975: 13.3 %1976: 13.5 %1977: 13.9 %1978: 14.4 %1979: 14.7 %1980: 15 %1981: 15.4 %1982: 15.6 %1983: 15.8 %1984: 15.9 %1985: 16.5 %1986: 17.4 %1987: 18.5 %1988: 19.4 %1989: 20.5 %1990: 20.6 %1991: 20.7 %1992: 20.7 %1993: 21 %1994: 21.3 %1995: 21.2 %1996: 21.4 %1997: 21.6 %1998: 21.7 %1999: 21.9 %2000: 22.1 %2001: 22.3 %2002: 22.8 %2003: 23 %2004: 23.2 %2005: 23.4 %2006: 23.4 %2007: 23.4 %2008: 23.7 %2009: 23.8 %2010: 24.1 %2011: 24.3 %2012: 24.5 %2013: 24.5 %2014: 25.3 %2015: 26.1 %2016: 26.1 %2017: 26.2 %2018: 26.2 %2019: 26.3 %2020: 25.7 %2021: 25.4 %2022: 25.1 %2023: 25 %2024: 24.8 %5101520253019611983200520241961: 9.4 %1962: 9.6 %1963: 10 %1964: 10.2 %1965: 10.6 %1966: 10.7 %1967: 10.9 %1968: 11.3 %1969: 11.4 %1970: 11.8 %1971: 12.1 %1972: 12.4 %1973: 12.7 %1974: 12.9 %1975: 13.3 %1976: 13.5 %1977: 13.9 %1978: 14.4 %1979: 14.7 %1980: 15 %1981: 15.4 %1982: 15.6 %1983: 15.8 %1984: 15.9 %1985: 16.5 %1986: 17.4 %1987: 18.5 %1988: 19.4 %1989: 20.5 %1990: 20.6 %1991: 20.7 %1992: 20.7 %1993: 21 %1994: 21.3 %1995: 21.2 %1996: 21.4 %1997: 21.6 %1998: 21.7 %1999: 21.9 %2000: 22.1 %2001: 22.3 %2002: 22.8 %2003: 23 %2004: 23.2 %2005: 23.4 %2006: 23.4 %2007: 23.4 %2008: 23.7 %2009: 23.8 %2010: 24.1 %2011: 24.3 %2012: 24.5 %2013: 24.5 %2014: 25.3 %2015: 26.1 %2016: 26.1 %2017: 26.2 %2018: 26.2 %2019: 26.3 %2020: 25.7 %2021: 25.4 %2022: 25.1 %2023: 25 %2024: 24.8 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202424.8 Estimated
202325 Estimated
202225.1 Estimated
202125.4 Estimated
202025.7 Estimated
201926.3 Estimated
201826.2 Estimated
201726.2 Estimated
201626.1 Estimated
201526.1 Estimated
201425.3 Estimated
201324.5 Estimated
201224.5 Estimated
201124.3 Estimated
201024.1 Estimated
200923.8 Estimated
200823.7 Estimated
200723.4 Estimated
200623.4 Estimated
200523.4 Estimated
200423.2 Estimated
200323 Estimated
200222.8 Estimated
200122.3 Estimated
200022.1 Estimated
199921.9 Estimated
199821.7 Estimated
199721.6 Estimated
199621.4 Estimated
199521.2 Estimated
199421.3 Estimated
199321 Estimated
199220.7 Estimated
199120.7 Estimated
199020.6 Estimated
198920.5 Estimated
198819.4 Estimated
198718.5 Estimated
198617.4 Estimated
198516.5 Estimated
198415.9 Estimated
198315.8 Estimated
198215.6 Estimated
198115.4 Estimated
198015 Estimated
197914.7 Estimated
197814.4 Estimated
197713.9 Estimated
197613.5 Estimated
197513.3 Estimated
197412.9 Estimated
197312.7 Estimated
197212.4 Estimated
197112.1 Estimated
197011.8 Estimated
196911.4 Estimated
196811.3 Estimated
196710.9 Estimated
196610.7 Estimated
196510.6 Estimated
196410.2 Estimated
196310 Estimated
19629.6 Estimated
19619.4 Estimated

Malaysia compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Malaysia is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Malaysia, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Malaysia, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/malaysia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Malaysia, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/malaysia.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Malaysia, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/malaysia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the agricultural land in Malaysia?

Agricultural land in Malaysia was 24.8% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.2 pts from 2023. That is the 141st highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Malaysia?

26.3% in 2019, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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