Bananas — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Bananas — Area harvested was 72,365 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 72,365 ha for bananas — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 73,144 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 17,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 20th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 25,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1969 | 32,460 ha | +29.8% |
| 1970 | 34,925 ha | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 34,915 ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 35,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 37,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 44,040 ha | +19.0% |
| 1975 | 41,845 ha | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 47,670 ha | +13.9% |
| 1977 | 35,520 ha | -25.5% |
| 1978 | 33,800 ha | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 31,495 ha | -6.8% |
| 1980 | 34,920 ha | +10.9% |
| 1981 | 36,805 ha | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 37,795 ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 38,440 ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 38,125 ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 38,260 ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 38,400 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 39,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 39,500 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 40,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 42,683 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 39,831 ha | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 40,548 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 41,136 ha | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 39,347 ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 42,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 44,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 45,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 46,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 50,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 51,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 51,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 51,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 52,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 54,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 55,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 56,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 56,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 59,057 ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 61,787 ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 65,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 65,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 65,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 66,811 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 69,709 ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 67,340 ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 69,635 ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 70,945 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 72,147 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 73,144 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 72,079 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 72,457 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 72,560 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 72,365 ha | -0.3% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 72,365 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 53,668 ha, 1.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 72,365 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 5.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +29.8% | 25,000 ha | 32,460 ha |
| 1977 | -25.5% | 47,670 ha | 35,520 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,162 ha | 17,000 ha | 32,460 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,621 ha | 31,495 ha | 47,670 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,124 ha | 34,920 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,554 ha | 39,347 ha | 46,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,606 ha | 50,000 ha | 59,057 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 67,437 ha | 61,787 ha | 72,147 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,521 ha | 72,079 ha | 73,144 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 17 Mexico 86,524 ha compare
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- 18 Papua New Guinea 76,416 ha compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 37 ha compare
- 19 Kenya 75,895 ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 12,086 ha compare
- 21 Mozambique 68,825 ha compare
- 22 Cameroon 62,047 ha compare
- 23 Malawi 58,474 ha compare
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 bananas — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Bananas — area harvested in Madagascar was 72,365 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 73,144 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 20th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — 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.