Madagascar vs Western Africa: Oil palm fruit — Yield
Oil palm fruit — Yield over time
- Madagascar
- Western Africa
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 11,587 kg/ha against 3,405 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 8,182 kg/ha.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 3.4 times Western Africa's.
Across all 52 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 21st and Western Africa ranks 15th of 41 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9,396 kg/ha | 3,253 kg/ha | 6,143 kg/ha | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 10,442 kg/ha | 3,294 kg/ha | 7,148 kg/ha | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 11,768 kg/ha | 3,282 kg/ha | 8,485 kg/ha | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 11,665 kg/ha | 3,240 kg/ha | 8,425 kg/ha | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 11,646 kg/ha | 3,391 kg/ha | 8,256 kg/ha | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 11,593 kg/ha | 3,418 kg/ha | 8,175 kg/ha | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — yield, Madagascar or Western Africa?
- Madagascar, at 11,587 kg/ha against 3,405 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — yield between Madagascar and Western Africa?
- 8,182 kg/ha, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Western Africa?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Western Africa rank globally for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 21st and Western Africa ranks 15th of 41 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.