Malaysia - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Malaysia was 1,800,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,909,000 in 1993 and a minimum value of 830,000 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 830,000
1962 840,000
1963 850,000
1964 860,000
1965 870,000
1966 880,000
1967 890,000
1968 900,000
1969 910,000
1970 920,000
1971 930,000
1972 940,000
1973 950,000
1974 960,000
1975 968,000
1976 980,000
1977 990,000
1978 990,000
1979 995,000
1980 1,000,000
1981 1,020,000
1982 1,080,000
1983 1,140,000
1984 1,200,000
1985 1,280,000
1986 1,360,000
1987 1,420,000
1988 1,500,000
1989 1,600,000
1990 1,700,000
1991 1,800,000
1992 1,850,000
1993 1,909,000
1994 1,822,000
1995 1,820,000
1996 1,820,000
1997 1,820,000
1998 1,820,000
1999 1,820,000
2000 1,820,000
2001 1,800,000
2002 1,800,000
2003 1,800,000
2004 1,800,000
2005 1,800,000
2006 1,800,000
2007 1,800,000
2008 1,800,000
2009 1,800,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Malaysia was 0.06 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.10 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.06 in 2009.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.10
1962 0.10
1963 0.09
1964 0.09
1965 0.09
1966 0.09
1967 0.09
1968 0.09
1969 0.09
1970 0.08
1971 0.08
1972 0.08
1973 0.08
1974 0.08
1975 0.08
1976 0.08
1977 0.08
1978 0.08
1979 0.07
1980 0.07
1981 0.07
1982 0.07
1983 0.08
1984 0.08
1985 0.08
1986 0.08
1987 0.09
1988 0.09
1989 0.09
1990 0.09
1991 0.10
1992 0.10
1993 0.10
1994 0.09
1995 0.09
1996 0.09
1997 0.08
1998 0.08
1999 0.08
2000 0.08
2001 0.08
2002 0.07
2003 0.07
2004 0.07
2005 0.07
2006 0.07
2007 0.07
2008 0.07
2009 0.06

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Malaysia was 5.48 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 5.81 in 1993, while its lowest value was 2.53 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 2.53
1962 2.56
1963 2.59
1964 2.62
1965 2.65
1966 2.68
1967 2.71
1968 2.74
1969 2.77
1970 2.80
1971 2.83
1972 2.86
1973 2.89
1974 2.92
1975 2.95
1976 2.98
1977 3.01
1978 3.01
1979 3.03
1980 3.04
1981 3.10
1982 3.29
1983 3.47
1984 3.65
1985 3.90
1986 4.14
1987 4.32
1988 4.57
1989 4.87
1990 5.17
1991 5.48
1992 5.63
1993 5.81
1994 5.55
1995 5.54
1996 5.54
1997 5.54
1998 5.54
1999 5.54
2000 5.54
2001 5.48
2002 5.48
2003 5.48
2004 5.48
2005 5.48
2006 5.48
2007 5.48
2008 5.48
2009 5.48

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use