FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Malaysia

According to FAOSTAT, Malaysia produced 2.1 million t of cereals, 1.5 million t of vegetables, 2.0 million t of fruit, 1.9 million t of meat and 48,470 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were oil palm fruit (100 million t), palm kernels (4.5 million t) and rice (2.1 million t).

Market prices in Malaysia

Products recorded: 99
World #1: 0; products
World top 10: 18; products
Year: 2024

Malaysia ranks second or third in the world for oil palm fruit, palm oil, palm kernels, oil of palm kernel and 2 more products.

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in spinach (+139%), followed by lettuce and chicory (+120%).

Livestock numbers: 730,318 cattle, 1.2 million pigs, 139,393 sheep and 344,210 goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All cereals	2,104,277	90	0.07%	−26%
All fruit	2,005,777	61	0.21%	+47%
All meat	1,853,549	31	0.5%	+0.3%
All vegetables	1,530,289	64	0.13%	+13%
All eggs	857,751	17	0.86%	+15%
All roots and tubers	115,317	137	0.01%	+7.8%
All pulses	62,894	83	0.06%	—
All milk	48,470	137	0%	−42%
All citrus fruit	43,639	79	0.03%	+22%
All sugar crops	16,925	118	0%	+85%
All tree nuts	16,805	62	0.09%	+8.7%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Oil palm fruit	100,163,525	2	23.92%	+5.0%
Palm oil	18,551,950	2	23.32%	−3.5%
Palm kernels	4,517,973	2	23.48%	−7.0%
Oil of palm kernel	2,116,509	2	25.31%	−6.8%
Rice (paddy)	2,102,960	29	0.26%	−26%
Chicken meat	1,602,620	20	1.25%	+13%
Hen eggs	842,151	16	0.9%	+16%
Other tropical fruits, n.e.c.	704,527	9	2.95%	+159%
Coconuts, in shell	673,553	11	1.03%	+13%
Pineapples	516,870	16	1.76%	+54%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	440,908	39	0.16%	−19%
Natural rubber	386,512	8	2.61%	−42%
Bananas	335,444	44	0.24%	+11%
Whole milk, condensed	308,718	2	15.73%	+52%
Tomatoes	259,179	63	0.14%	+60%
Mustard seed	157,391	3	18.26%	—
Watermelons	153,749	50	0.15%	−13%
Beer	153,200	86	0.08%	−49%
Lettuce and chicory	148,196	16	0.53%	+120%
Margarine and shortening	143,011	19	1.09%	+333%
Pork (pig meat)	136,506	50	0.11%	−37%
Spinach	122,680	7	0.4%	+139%
Cabbages	119,803	48	0.16%	−60%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	117,001	41	0.3%	+9.4%
Cucumbers	106,785	40	0.12%	+9.7%
Other oil seeds, n.e.c.	106,432	4	4.39%	−43%
Soya bean oil	102,000	33	0.17%	+24%
Mangoes and guavas	87,015	42	0.14%	+13%
String beans	77,775	5	6.52%	—
Pumpkins and squash	74,026	49	0.21%	+66%
Okra	70,203	16	0.53%	+56%
Duck meat	67,521	9	0.92%	−57%
Other pulses n.e.c.	62,894	19	1.41%	—
Eggplants	56,469	33	0.1%	—
Coconut oil	56,100	6	1.8%	+6.0%
Chillies and peppers, green	54,265	53	0.12%	+34%
Sweet potatoes	50,583	56	0.06%	−1.7%
Papayas	46,975	26	0.32%	−15%
Cow milk	42,383	136	0.01%	−44%
Cassava	41,341	59	0.01%	−20%
Beef (cattle meat)	39,498	103	0.06%	−14%
Pepper (black, white)	34,408	10	3.69%	+25%
Whole milk, evaporated	31,868	15	1.11%	+52%
Rapeseed or canola oil, crude	26,100	44	0.08%	+444%
Lemons and limes	22,916	49	0.1%	+207%
Coir	21,671	6	1.22%	−2.7%
Other starchy roots and tubers	20,710	31	0.21%	+485%
Sugar cane	16,925	83	0%	+85%
Cashew nuts, in shell	16,805	20	0.4%	+8.7%
Eggs from other birds in shell, fresh, n.e.c.	15,600	12	0.25%	+1.7%
Grapefruit and pomelos	15,000	28	0.15%	+27%
Fat of pigs	14,669	30	0.13%	−37%
Tea leaves	14,667	27	0.04%	+23%
Ginger	11,256	18	0.23%	+4.5%
Tea, packed	10,812	28	0.15%	—
Raw hides and skins of cattle	6,237	81	0.07%	−14%
Buffalo milk	6,087	19	0%	−27%
Oranges	5,723	85	0.01%	−66%
Kenaf	5,620	7	2.44%	−26%
Oil of sesame seed	4,175	29	0.35%	−55%
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	3,871	47	0.05%	−37%
Skim milk of cows	3,673	123	0%	−49%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	3,534	98	0.04%	−14%
Groundnut oil	3,218	52	0.05%	+96%
Buffalo meat	2,928	20	0.04%	−59%
Coffee, green	2,861	48	0.03%	−65%
Goat meat	2,715	86	0.04%	−9.3%
Yams	2,682	43	0%	—
Chillies and peppers, dry	2,429	42	0.04%	+7.9%
Sheep meat	1,555	110	0.01%	+0.3%
Maize	1,317	146	0%	—
Pig fat, rendered	1,275	61	0.02%	−29%
Raw sugar	1,132	116	0%	−96%
Buttermilk, dry	1,062	55	0.16%	+145%
Sunflower-seed oil, crude	902	71	0%	+15%
Raw hides and skins of goats or kids	885	68	0.06%	−9.4%
Cattle fat, unrendered	832	94	0.02%	−14%
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c.	774	39	0.02%	+8.4%
Avocados	557	62	0%	—
Cocoa beans	445	41	0.01%	−83%
Molasses	403	116	0%	−96%
Raw hides and skins of buffaloes	400	20	0.03%	−59%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	389	89	0.02%	+0.3%
Cream, fresh	240	65	0.01%	−49%
Cloves (whole stems)	226	8	0.11%	+2.7%
Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen	207	93	0.01%	−9.2%
Horse meat, fresh or chilled	206	41	0.03%	+24%
Edible offal of buffalo, fresh, chilled or frozen	191	20	0.02%	−59%
Wool, greasy	169	68	0.01%	+6.3%
Groundnuts (peanuts)	135	100	0%	−91%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	87	114	0%	0.0%
Tobacco, unmanufactured	80	112	0%	−96%
Goat fat, unrendered	59	86	0.02%	−9.2%
Nutmeg, mace and cardamom	52	17	0.03%	+136%
Buffalo fat, unrendered	51	20	0.01%	−58%
Tallow	39	69	0%	−96%
Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen	26	38	0.03%	+24%
Areca nuts	24	10	0%	−94%
Sheep fat, unrendered	19	113	0%	0.0%

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	326,057,000	13	1.18%	+16%
Ducks	9,551,000	11	0.75%	+1.4%
Pigs	1,234,242	61	0.13%	−44%
Cattle	730,318	112	0.05%	−1.7%
Goats	344,210	100	0.03%	−20%
Sheep	139,393	128	0.01%	−2.6%
Buffalo	70,521	24	0.03%	−42%
Horses	4,437	101	0.01%	+21%

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.