Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested was 15,866 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Madagascar stood at 15,866 ha.
The figure is up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 18,500 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 10,000 ha, in 1961.
Madagascar ranks 16th of 32 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 10,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 11,300 ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 11,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 11,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 12,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 12,200 ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 12,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 13,300 ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 13,900 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 13,800 ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 14,600 ha | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 15,800 ha | +8.2% |
| 1993 | 14,000 ha | -11.4% |
| 1994 | 15,500 ha | +10.7% |
| 1995 | 15,400 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 16,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 16,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 16,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 16,239 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 16,329 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 16,284 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 16,184 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 16,140 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 16,200 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 16,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 18,500 ha | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 14,800 ha | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 15,687 ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 15,698 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 15,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15,468 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 15,629 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 15,604 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 15,699 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 15,780 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 15,816 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 15,833 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 15,873 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 15,855 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 15,861 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 15,866 ha | +0.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 15,866 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 69,309 ha, 23% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 15,866 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 34,475 ha, 46% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,044 ha | 10,000 ha | 10,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,900 ha | 10,200 ha | 11,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,400 ha | 11,500 ha | 13,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,410 ha | 13,800 ha | 16,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,318 ha | 14,800 ha | 18,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,538 ha | 15,000 ha | 15,816 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,858 ha | 15,833 ha | 15,873 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
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 cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Madagascar was 15,866 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 18,500 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 16th out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. 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 Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested. 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.