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Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Malaysia was 826,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,082,110 in 1979 and a minimum value of 754,740 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

Year	Value
1961	754,740
1962	777,950
1963	800,870
1964	811,020
1965	773,340
1966	777,130
1967	788,680
1968	865,300
1969	868,940
1970	951,010
1971	967,780
1972	1,007,030
1973	1,015,890
1974	1,004,470
1975	1,055,140
1976	1,038,620
1977	1,067,740
1978	938,610
1979	1,082,110
1980	1,027,140
1981	1,033,790
1982	994,790
1983	990,440
1984	951,120
1985	947,750
1986	894,900
1987	901,400
1988	911,800
1989	907,700
1990	930,600
1991	936,500
1992	926,500
1993	915,400
1994	927,900
1995	901,000
1996	892,100
1997	888,700
1998	874,700
1999	877,100
2000	868,700
2001	877,000
2002	967,500
2003	946,240
2004	946,700
2005	949,410
2006	890,200
2007	827,200
2008	870,400
2009	845,000
2010	854,300
2011	865,600
2012	868,400
2013	802,700
2014	804,000
2015	825,310
2016	826,000
2017	826,000
2018	826,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Malaysia was 0.026 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.090 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.026 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

Year	Value
1961	0.090
1962	0.089
1963	0.089
1964	0.088
1965	0.081
1966	0.079
1967	0.079
1968	0.084
1969	0.082
1970	0.088
1971	0.087
1972	0.089
1973	0.088
1974	0.085
1975	0.087
1976	0.083
1977	0.083
1978	0.072
1979	0.080
1980	0.074
1981	0.073
1982	0.069
1983	0.067
1984	0.063
1985	0.061
1986	0.056
1987	0.055
1988	0.054
1989	0.052
1990	0.052
1991	0.051
1992	0.049
1993	0.047
1994	0.046
1995	0.044
1996	0.042
1997	0.041
1998	0.040
1999	0.039
2000	0.037
2001	0.037
2002	0.040
2003	0.038
2004	0.038
2005	0.037
2006	0.034
2007	0.031
2008	0.032
2009	0.030
2010	0.030
2011	0.030
2012	0.030
2013	0.027
2014	0.027
2015	0.027
2016	0.027
2017	0.027
2018	0.026

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Malaysia was 2.51 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 3.29 in 1979, while its lowest value was 2.30 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

Year	Value
1961	2.30
1962	2.37
1963	2.44
1964	2.47
1965	2.35
1966	2.37
1967	2.40
1968	2.63
1969	2.64
1970	2.89
1971	2.95
1972	3.07
1973	3.09
1974	3.06
1975	3.21
1976	3.16
1977	3.25
1978	2.86
1979	3.29
1980	3.13
1981	3.15
1982	3.03
1983	3.01
1984	2.89
1985	2.88
1986	2.72
1987	2.74
1988	2.78
1989	2.76
1990	2.83
1991	2.85
1992	2.82
1993	2.79
1994	2.82
1995	2.74
1996	2.72
1997	2.70
1998	2.66
1999	2.67
2000	2.64
2001	2.67
2002	2.94
2003	2.88
2004	2.88
2005	2.89
2006	2.71
2007	2.52
2008	2.65
2009	2.57
2010	2.60
2011	2.63
2012	2.64
2013	2.44
2014	2.45
2015	2.51
2016	2.51
2017	2.51
2018	2.51

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use