Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 2,759 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 2,759 ha for carrots and turnips — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 2,783 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 58th out of 133 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.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 614 ha | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 664 ha | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 694 ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 698 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 732 ha | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 771 ha | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 807 ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 940 ha | +16.5% |
| 1981 | 935 ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 995 ha | +6.4% |
| 1983 | 1,055 ha | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 1,130 ha | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 1,140 ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 1,075 ha | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 1,100 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 1,323 ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 1,345 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 1,340 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 1,317 ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 1,350 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 1,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 1,417 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 1,394 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 1,424 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 1,399 ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 1,435 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 1,508 ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 1,582 ha | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 1,658 ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 1,727 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 1,879 ha | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 1,969 ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 2,065 ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 2,160 ha | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 2,256 ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 2,351 ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 2,500 ha | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,552 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 2,749 ha | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 2,600 ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 2,674 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 2,713 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 2,754 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 2,783 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 2,750 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 2,762 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,765 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,759 ha | -0.2% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 2,759 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 2,473 ha, 1.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 2,759 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,334 ha, 83% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 500 ha | 500 ha | 500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 658 ha | 500 ha | 807 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,067 ha | 935 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,361 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,424 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,738 ha | 1,399 ha | 2,160 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,565 ha | 2,256 ha | 2,754 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,764 ha | 2,750 ha | 2,783 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 55 Saudi Arabia 3,004 ha compare
- 56 Serbia 2,893 ha compare
- 57 Dominican Republic 2,825 ha compare
- 59 Belgium-Luxembourg 2,655 ha compare
- 60 Portugal 2,370 ha compare
- 61 Republic of Korea 2,313 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Madagascar was 2,759 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 2,783 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 58th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.