Africa vs Madagascar: Vanilla, raw — Area harvested
Vanilla, raw — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Madagascar
How they compare
Africa currently reports 75,943 ha against 74,482 ha in Madagascar, a difference of 1,461 ha.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 3rd and Madagascar ranks 1st of 13 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,137 ha | 6,367 ha | 770 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 9,977 ha | 9,164 ha | 813.5 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 27,834 ha | 26,528 ha | 1,306 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 27,668 ha | 25,916 ha | 1,752 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 47,557 ha | 46,365 ha | 1,192 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 73,392 ha | 71,912 ha | 1,480 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 76,311 ha | 74,715 ha | 1,596 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher vanilla, raw — area harvested, Africa or Madagascar?
- Africa, at 75,943 ha against 74,482 ha in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in vanilla, raw — area harvested between Africa and Madagascar?
- 1,461 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Madagascar?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Madagascar rank globally for vanilla, raw — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 3rd and Madagascar ranks 1st of 13 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Vanilla, raw — Area harvested. 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.