Bananas — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Bananas — Yield was 5,527 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Madagascar is 5,527 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Madagascar peaked at 10,611 kg/ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 5,271 kg/ha, in 1990.
Madagascar ranks 98th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,941 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,059 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 8,056 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,895 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 7,750 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 8,571 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1967 | 8,095 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 8,400 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 7,912 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1970 | 7,502 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1971 | 7,339 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 7,027 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 8,108 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1974 | 10,586 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1975 | 10,611 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 7,544 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1977 | 7,509 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 7,103 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 7,940 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1980 | 7,737 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 8,160 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 8,066 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 7,978 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 5,875 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 1985 | 5,880 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 5,865 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 5,792 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 5,722 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 5,434 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1990 | 5,271 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 5,523 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 5,549 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 5,591 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 5,337 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 5,476 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 5,682 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 5,778 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 5,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5,761 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 5,800 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 5,784 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 5,825 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 5,825 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,865 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 5,741 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 5,727 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 5,804 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 5,728 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 5,613 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 5,501 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 5,385 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 5,435 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 5,420 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 5,404 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 5,351 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 5,660 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 5,557 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 5,536 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 5,520 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 5,527 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 5,528 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5,525 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 5,527 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5,527 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 5,527 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 12,046 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 5,527 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +30.6% | 8,108 kg/ha | 10,586 kg/ha |
| 1976 | -28.9% | 10,611 kg/ha | 7,544 kg/ha |
| 1984 | -26.4% | 7,978 kg/ha | 5,875 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,075 kg/ha | 7,750 kg/ha | 8,571 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,127 kg/ha | 7,027 kg/ha | 10,611 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,651 kg/ha | 5,434 kg/ha | 8,160 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,575 kg/ha | 5,271 kg/ha | 5,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,771 kg/ha | 5,613 kg/ha | 5,865 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,477 kg/ha | 5,351 kg/ha | 5,660 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,527 kg/ha | 5,525 kg/ha | 5,528 kg/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 bananas — yield in Madagascar?
- Bananas — yield in Madagascar was 5,527 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 10,611 kg/ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,271 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Madagascar rank for bananas — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 98th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. 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 Bananas — Yield. 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.