The Annual Economic Statistics (AES) Agriculture Sector, displays the performance of economic sector consist of 4 sub-sectors namely sub-sector of crops, livestock, forestry & logging and fisheries. In overall, value of gross output for agriculture sector increased from RM82.2 billion in 2020 to reach RM101.3 billion in 2021, with growth rate of 23.2 per cent. The three main states that contributed to the gross output value for agriculture sector were Sarawak with 30.2 per cent, Sabah (20.3%) and Johor (12.3%).

Value of intermediate input recorded faster growth than the output, which is 26.5 per cent in the same period. The highest contributor to the value of gross output for the agriculture sector was crops sub-sector which RM75.8 billion, livestock (RM18.7 billion), forestry & logging (RM4.4 billion) and fisheries (RM2.4 billion).

Value added for agriculture sector was RM55.7 billion in 2021, an increase of 20.7 per cent as compared to RM46.2 billion in 2020. Sarawak was the main contributor for the value added at RM18.3 billion with a share of 32.9 per cent, Sabah (RM13.3 billion; 23.9%) and Johor (RM6.1 billion; 11.0%)

Number of persons engaged in the agriculture sector recorded a total of 496,683 persons in 2021 as compared to 554,247 persons in 2020 with a decrease of 10.4 per cent. In line with the trend, the total salaries & wages also decreased by 3.0 per cent to RM8.1 billion in 2021 (2020: RM8.4 billion). The crops sub-sector remains as a key contributor to the total number of persons engaged with a share of 87.0 per cent, livestock (7.3%), forestry & logging (3.0%) and fisheries (2.7%).

The full publication of the Annual Economic Statistics (AES) Agriculture, 2022, can be downloaded through eStatistik portal. 

Released by:

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA
28 February 2023

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