The value of the gross output of the crops sub-sector was reported to be RM75.8 billion, with a share of 74.9%, in its Annual Economic Statistics (AES) Agriculture Sector 2021.
The value of gross output for the “Pix for representational purpose only/AFPPixsector” increased by 23.2% to RM101.3 billion in 2021 from RM82.2 billion in 2020, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM). This increase was primarily attributable to the “crops” sub-sector.
The value of the gross output of the crops sub-sector was reported to be RM75.8 billion, with a share of 74.9%, in its Annual Economic Statistics (AES) Agriculture Sector 2021.
RM18.7 billion (18.4%), RM4.4 billion (4.3%), and RM2.4 billion (2.4%) were recorded in the other three subsectors, which include livestock, forestry and logging, as well as fisheries.
Sarawak, with a share of the gross output value for the agricultural sector of 30.2%, Sabah, with 20.3%, and Johor, with 12.3%, were the three major states.
Additionally, from RM36.1 billion the year before to RM45.6 billion in 2021, the value of intermediate input for the agriculture sector registered an increase of 26.5%.
Value added, meanwhile, increased by 20.7% over the same period, from RM46.2 billion to RM55.7 billion. With a share of 32.9%, Sarawak contributed the most value added with RM18.3 billion, followed by Sabah with RM13.3 billion (23.9%) and Johor with RM6.1 billion (11.0%).
With shares of RM27.7 billion (60.6% of intermediate input value) and RM48.2 billion (86.5% of value added), respectively, the crops sub-sector contributed the most.
In 2021, there were 496,683 people working in the agriculture sector, down from 554,247 people in 2020, a 10.4% decrease. The total amount of salaries and wages paid also decreased in line with that, falling 3.0% to RM8.1 billion in 2021 from RM8.4 billion in 2020.
According to a statement released yesterday, “the crops sub-sector remains as a main contributor to the total number of persons engaged in the agriculture sector,” followed by livestock (7.3%), forestry and logging (3.0%), and fisheries (2.7%).