Cabbages — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Cabbages — Area harvested was 888 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cabbages — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cabbages — area harvested in Madagascar is 888 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 970 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 90 ha, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 91st out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 90 ha | — |
| 1962 | 105 ha | +16.7% |
| 1963 | 120 ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 135 ha | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 150 ha | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 165 ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 180 ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 210 ha | +10.5% |
| 1970 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 255 ha | +15.9% |
| 1972 | 315 ha | +23.5% |
| 1973 | 455 ha | +44.4% |
| 1974 | 465 ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 565 ha | +21.5% |
| 1976 | 415 ha | -26.5% |
| 1977 | 540 ha | +30.1% |
| 1978 | 640 ha | +18.5% |
| 1979 | 970 ha | +51.6% |
| 1980 | 774 ha | -20.2% |
| 1981 | 450 ha | -41.9% |
| 1982 | 440 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 450 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 480 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 550 ha | +14.6% |
| 1987 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 560 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 559 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 555 ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 580 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 600 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 730 ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 750 ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 700 ha | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 703 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 699 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 696 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 693 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 662 ha | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 766 ha | +15.7% |
| 2007 | 777 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 788 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 798 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 807 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 816 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 825 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 820 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 821 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 839 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 850 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 844 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 849 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 864 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 879 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 889 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 888 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 885 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 888 ha | +0.3% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 888 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 5,314 ha, 17% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 888 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,536 ha, 25% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +51.6% | 640 ha | 970 ha |
| 1981 | -41.9% | 774 ha | 450 ha |
| 1973 | +44.4% | 315 ha | 455 ha |
| 1976 | -26.5% | 565 ha | 415 ha |
| 1977 | +30.1% | 415 ha | 540 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 149.44 ha | 90 ha | 210 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 484 ha | 220 ha | 970 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 525.4 ha | 440 ha | 774 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 643.4 ha | 555 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 728.2 ha | 662 ha | 798 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 833.5 ha | 807 ha | 864 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 885.8 ha | 879 ha | 889 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 cabbages — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Madagascar was 888 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 970 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 90 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 91st out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. 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 Cabbages — 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.