Apples — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Apples — Area harvested was 4,681 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 4,681 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 9,300 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 1,530 ha, in 1976.
That places Madagascar 59th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,700 ha | +11.6% |
| 1965 | 7,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 9,300 ha | +20.8% |
| 1967 | 9,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,080 ha | -66.9% |
| 1969 | 3,080 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,080 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,900 ha | +59.1% |
| 1972 | 4,950 ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 3,475 ha | -29.8% |
| 1974 | 3,045 ha | -12.4% |
| 1975 | 3,565 ha | +17.1% |
| 1976 | 1,530 ha | -57.1% |
| 1977 | 1,905 ha | +24.5% |
| 1978 | 2,455 ha | +28.9% |
| 1979 | 2,540 ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 3,335 ha | +31.3% |
| 1981 | 3,335 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,345 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 3,360 ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 3,390 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 3,650 ha | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 3,660 ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 3,700 ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 3,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 3,825 ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 4,018 ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 4,065 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 4,123 ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 4,135 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 4,175 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 4,300 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 4,342 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 4,348 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 4,365 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 4,378 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 4,391 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 4,400 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 4,483 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 4,497 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 4,506 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 4,514 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 4,550 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 4,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,534 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 4,595 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 4,612 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 4,599 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 4,597 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 4,602 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 4,611 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 4,661 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 4,659 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 4,670 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 4,681 ha | +0.2% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 4,681 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 736 ha, 6.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Madagascar changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | -66.9% | 9,300 ha | 3,080 ha |
| 1971 | +59.1% | 3,080 ha | 4,900 ha |
| 1976 | -57.1% | 3,565 ha | 1,530 ha |
| 1980 | +31.3% | 2,540 ha | 3,335 ha |
| 1973 | -29.8% | 4,950 ha | 3,475 ha |
| 1978 | +28.9% | 1,905 ha | 2,455 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,762 ha | 3,080 ha | 9,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,144 ha | 1,530 ha | 4,950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,548 ha | 3,335 ha | 3,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,034 ha | 3,825 ha | 4,175 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,400 ha | 4,300 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,566 ha | 4,506 ha | 4,612 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,656 ha | 4,611 ha | 4,681 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.217 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 130.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.671 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Apples — area harvested in Madagascar was 4,681 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 9,300 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,530 ha in 1976.
- How does Madagascar rank for apples — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 59th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.