Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield was 472.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 472.9 kg/ha for cashew nuts, in shell — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Madagascar peaked at 472.9 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 160 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 26th out of 32 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 170 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 180 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 180 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 190 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 200 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 215.7 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1969 | 225.5 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 235.3 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 238.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 247.6 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 257.1 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 254.5 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 263.6 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 272.7 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 274.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 295.7 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1979 | 287 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 295.7 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 310.3 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 316.7 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 316.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 325 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 327.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 360 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1987 | 353.8 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 375.9 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 388.5 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 384.1 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 397.3 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 392.4 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 357.1 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1994 | 400 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1995 | 389.6 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 406.3 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 424.2 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 406.3 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 424.2 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 406.3 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 410.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 408.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 414.5 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 417.3 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 420.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 413.6 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 418.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 430.3 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 435.5 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 440.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 445.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 466.7 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 466.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 457.3 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 458.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 458.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 459.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 463.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 465.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 467.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 468.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 469.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 471.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 472.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 472.9 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,105 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 472.9 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 808.1 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 191.24 kg/ha | 160 kg/ha | 225.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 262.59 kg/ha | 235.3 kg/ha | 295.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 337.05 kg/ha | 295.7 kg/ha | 388.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 398.15 kg/ha | 357.1 kg/ha | 424.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 417.48 kg/ha | 406.3 kg/ha | 435.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 458.22 kg/ha | 440.7 kg/ha | 466.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 469.76 kg/ha | 467.1 kg/ha | 472.9 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 cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Madagascar?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Madagascar was 472.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 472.9 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 160 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for cashew nuts, in shell — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 26th out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. 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 — 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.