Malaysia: Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Malaysia's agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) fell 0.17 percentage points on 2024 (from 1.25% to 1.09%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.44 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.28 percentage points in 1973 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.77 percentage points in 1974. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.11 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 89% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Malaysia had the 41st highest value of the 103 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Malaysia in the 2025 ranking

• Belgium — 38th of 103: 1.17%
• Greece — 39th of 103: 1.13%
• Macao SAR, China — 40th of 103: 1.11%
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 42nd of 103: 1.02%
• Malawi — 43rd of 103: 0.97%
• France — 44th of 103: 0.97%

What this measures

Agricultural raw materials comprise section 2 of SITC Rev. 3 (crude materials, inedible, except fuels) excluding divisions 22 (oil-seeds and oleaginous fruits), 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.

Limitations: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 62 values

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in nearby economies

• Australia — 1.69% (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 0.00578% (2025)
• Cambodia — 2.62% (2024)
• China — 0.34% (2025)
• Fiji — 6.2% (2025)
• French Polynesia — 0.46% (2025)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 0.02% (2025)
• Indonesia — 3.68% (2025)
• Japan

More private sector & trade data for Malaysia

• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 151.73% (2025)
• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$340.44 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$376.04 billion (2025)
• Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports) — 1.29% (2025)
• Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — 8.26% (2025)
• Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — 12.02% (2025)
• Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) — 71.96% (2025)
• Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) — 4.59% (2025)
• Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — 10.36% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Malaysia's agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)?

1.09% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1964?

It is down 50.74 percentage points from 51.83% in 1964. The highest value was 55.71% in 1969 and the lowest 1.09% in 2025.

How does Malaysia rank?

41st highest of 103 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) unusual for Malaysia?

In 2025, Malaysia's agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) fell 0.17 percentage points on 2024 (from 1.25% to 1.09%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.44 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.AGRI.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; World Integrated Trade Solution system (WITS); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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