Carrots and turnips — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Carrots and turnips — Yield was 3,502 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — yield in Madagascar is 3,502 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — yield in Madagascar peaked at 18,490 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 3,373 kg/ha, in 2020.
Madagascar ranks 132nd of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,800 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 7,200 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 7,400 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 7,600 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 7,800 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 8,000 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 8,200 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 8,400 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 9,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 9,862 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1972 | 12,033 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1973 | 13,259 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1974 | 15,004 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1975 | 14,765 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 18,490 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1977 | 4,903 kg/ha | -73.5% |
| 1978 | 4,511 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 4,537 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 4,533 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 4,845 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 4,694 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 4,644 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 4,385 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 4,386 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,391 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 4,273 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 4,546 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 4,183 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 3,923 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 3,843 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 3,829 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 3,814 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 3,797 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 3,778 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 3,714 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 3,739 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 3,729 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 3,721 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 3,716 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 3,712 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 3,708 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 3,705 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 3,700 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 3,694 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 3,687 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 3,676 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 3,663 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 3,646 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 3,625 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 3,598 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 3,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,400 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 3,441 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 3,506 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 3,450 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 3,430 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 3,415 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 3,397 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 3,373 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 3,493 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 3,493 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,520 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 3,502 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 3,502 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,864 kg/ha, 40% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 3,502 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13,777 kg/ha, 25% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | -73.5% | 18,490 kg/ha | 4,903 kg/ha |
| 1976 | +25.2% | 14,765 kg/ha | 18,490 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,600 kg/ha | 6,800 kg/ha | 8,400 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,636 kg/ha | 4,511 kg/ha | 18,490 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,488 kg/ha | 4,183 kg/ha | 4,845 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,789 kg/ha | 3,714 kg/ha | 3,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,691 kg/ha | 3,646 kg/ha | 3,716 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,486 kg/ha | 3,397 kg/ha | 3,625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,476 kg/ha | 3,373 kg/ha | 3,520 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 129 Antigua and Barbuda 5,113 kg/ha compare
- 130 Libya 4,319 kg/ha compare
- 131 Martinique 4,167 kg/ha compare
- 133 Ethiopia 3,296 kg/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 — yield in Madagascar?
- Carrots and turnips — yield in Madagascar was 3,502 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 18,490 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,373 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Madagascar rank for carrots and turnips — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 132nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. 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 — 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.