Avocados — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Avocados — Area harvested was 3,424 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for avocados — area harvested in Madagascar is 3,424 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 4,865 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 29th out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 50 ha | — |
| 1970 | 100 ha | +100.0% |
| 1971 | 160 ha | +60.0% |
| 1972 | 500 ha | +212.5% |
| 1973 | 545 ha | +9.0% |
| 1974 | 1,460 ha | +167.9% |
| 1975 | 1,870 ha | +28.1% |
| 1976 | 1,940 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 4,235 ha | +118.3% |
| 1978 | 4,865 ha | +14.9% |
| 1979 | 1,805 ha | -62.9% |
| 1980 | 1,825 ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 1,840 ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 1,885 ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 1,895 ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 1,910 ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 2,100 ha | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 2,449 ha | -9.3% |
| 1995 | 2,558 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 2,674 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 2,800 ha | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 2,800 ha | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 2,820 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 2,824 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,867 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 2,866 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,916 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 2,900 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 2,915 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 2,999 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 3,077 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 3,136 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 3,250 ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 3,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,272 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 3,245 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 3,240 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 3,252 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 3,273 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 3,309 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 3,348 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 3,376 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 3,382 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 3,403 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 3,424 ha | +0.6% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 3,424 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 3,424 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 3,424 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,071 ha, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +212.5% | 160 ha | 500 ha |
| 1974 | +167.9% | 545 ha | 1,460 ha |
| 1977 | +118.3% | 1,940 ha | 4,235 ha |
| 1970 | +100.0% | 50 ha | 100 ha |
| 1979 | -62.9% | 4,865 ha | 1,805 ha |
| 1971 | +60.0% | 100 ha | 160 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.56 ha | 0 ha | 50 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,748 ha | 100 ha | 4,865 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,066 ha | 1,825 ha | 2,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,648 ha | 2,449 ha | 2,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,891 ha | 2,800 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,230 ha | 3,077 ha | 3,309 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,387 ha | 3,348 ha | 3,424 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 avocados — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Avocados — area harvested in Madagascar was 3,424 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 4,865 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 29th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.