Arable land per capita — all countries

Arable land per capita — Malaysia

Arable land per capita in Malaysia in 2023 — 0.0223 ha/person. Ranked 169 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 75.8%.

2023 0.0223 ha/person −6.13% vs 2022
World rank 169of 206
Period maximum 0.0943 ha/person1972
Period minimum 0.0223 ha/person2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares per capita

Arable land per capita — Malaysia, 1961–202300.0250.050.0750.119611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.0924 ha/person1963: 0.0931 ha/person1965: 0.0854 ha/person1967: 0.083 ha/person1969: 0.0874 ha/person1971: 0.0928 ha/person1973: 0.0929 ha/person1975: 0.092 ha/person1977: 0.0887 ha/person1979: 0.0857 ha/person1981: 0.0772 ha/person1983: 0.0693 ha/person1985: 0.0621 ha/person1987: 0.0554 ha/person1989: 0.0524 ha/person1991: 0.0511 ha/person1993: 0.0474 ha/person1995: 0.0443 ha/person1997: 0.0416 ha/person1999: 0.0391 ha/person2001: 0.0373 ha/person2003: 0.0383 ha/person2005: 0.0367 ha/person2007: 0.0306 ha/person2009: 0.03 ha/person2011: 0.0297 ha/person2013: 0.0266 ha/person2015: 0.0264 ha/person2017: 0.0255 ha/person2019: 0.0247 ha/person2021: 0.0241 ha/person2023: 0.0223 ha/person
Change over the period: −0.0701 (−75.85%) Average annual rate: -2.27 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malaysia

Malaysia 0.0223 ha/person
World 0.1717 ha/person
East Asia & Pacific 0.0901 ha/person
South-Eastern Asia computed 0.0915 ha/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.1394 ha/person
Arable land per capita — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha/person Change Change, %
2023 0.0223 −0.0015 −6.13%
2022 0.0238 −0.0003 −1.19%
2021 0.0241 −0.0003 −1.15%
2020 0.0244 −0.0003 −1.32%
2019 0.0247 −0.0004 −1.58%
2018 0.0251 −0.0004 −1.69%
2017 0.0255 −0.0005 −1.75%
2016 0.026 −0.0005 −1.75%
2015 0.0264 −0.0001 −0.35%
2014 0.0265 −0.0001 −0.32%
2013 0.0266 −0.0027 −9.13%
2012 0.0293 −0.0004 −1.37%
2011 0.0297 −0.0001 −0.44%
2010 0.0298 −0.0002 −0.77%
2009 0.03 −0.0015 −4.83%
2008 0.0316 +0.0009 +3.04%
2007 0.0306 −0.0031 −9.07%
2006 0.0337 −0.0031 −8.3%
2005 0.0367 −0.0007 −1.96%
2004 0.0375 −0.0009 −2.24%
2003 0.0383 −0.0018 −4.48%
2002 0.0401 +0.0029 +7.68%
2001 0.0373 −0.0005 −1.44%
2000 0.0378 −0.0013 −3.25%
1999 0.0391 −0.0008 −2.09%
1998 0.0399 −0.0016 −3.96%
1997 0.0416 −0.0012 −2.83%
1996 0.0428 −0.0015 −3.45%
1995 0.0443 −0.0025 −5.34%
1994 0.0468 −0.0006 −1.18%
1993 0.0474 −0.0018 −3.69%
1992 0.0492 −0.0019 −3.65%
1991 0.0511 −0.0011 −2.16%
1990 0.0522 −0.0002 −0.46%
1989 0.0524 −0.0019 −3.43%
1988 0.0543 −0.0011 −1.98%
1987 0.0554 −0.0014 −2.47%
1986 0.0568 −0.0054 −8.62%
1985 0.0621 −0.0023 −3.58%
1984 0.0644 −0.0049 −7.05%
1983 0.0693 −0.0026 −3.6%
1982 0.0719 −0.0052 −6.79%
1981 0.0772 −0.0043 −5.32%
1980 0.0815 −0.0042 −4.91%
1979 0.0857 −0.0015 −1.73%
1978 0.0872 −0.0015 −1.71%
1977 0.0887 +0.0003 +0.36%
1976 0.0884 −0.0036 −3.9%
1975 0.092 +0.0023 +2.56%
1974 0.0897 −0.0032 −3.47%
1973 0.0929 −0.0014 −1.51%
1972 0.0943 +0.0015 +1.59%
1971 0.0928 −0.0006 −0.63%
1970 0.0934 +0.0061 +6.96%
1969 0.0874 −0.0016 −1.82%
1968 0.089 +0.006 +7.25%
1967 0.083 −0.0007 −0.89%
1966 0.0837 −0.0017 −1.98%
1965 0.0854 −0.0065 −7.05%
1964 0.0919 −0.0012 −1.33%
1963 0.0931 +0.0003 +0.29%
1962 0.0928 +0.0004 +0.42%
1961 0.0924

About the indicator

The area of arable land per inhabitant, in hectares. A key resource indicator of food security: countries with little arable land per person must either achieve very high yields or import food. The world value is falling — the area of arable land is barely growing while the population increases.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its arable land over all of its population. The indicator speaks of land endowment, not of yield: a hectare gives different amounts in different climates.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.