Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 322,141 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — area harvested in Madagascar is 322,141 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 475,658 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 160,000 ha, in 1961.
Madagascar ranks 14th of 93 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 164,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 164,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 163,900 ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 173,350 ha | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 169,925 ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 172,860 ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 176,960 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 184,475 ha | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 185,380 ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 195,205 ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 195,155 ha | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 189,255 ha | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 191,280 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 203,455 ha | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 215,895 ha | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 213,310 ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 273,320 ha | +28.1% |
| 1979 | 266,695 ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 277,035 ha | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 287,255 ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 313,775 ha | +9.2% |
| 1983 | 328,545 ha | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 336,010 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 350,570 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 359,245 ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 311,200 ha | -13.4% |
| 1988 | 333,270 ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 342,400 ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 344,600 ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 346,799 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 340,001 ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 347,025 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 350,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 348,500 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 348,900 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 358,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 360,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 351,600 ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 351,730 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 351,985 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 352,345 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 352,815 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 353,290 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 388,779 ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 392,250 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 394,875 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 393,815 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 402,349 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 405,816 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 472,170 ha | +16.4% |
| 2012 | 475,658 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 401,316 ha | -15.6% |
| 2014 | 376,323 ha | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 346,550 ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 342,723 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 328,799 ha | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 325,363 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 378,552 ha | +16.3% |
| 2020 | 335,356 ha | -11.4% |
| 2021 | 325,910 ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 317,015 ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 316,424 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 322,141 ha | +1.8% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 322,141 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 93,511 ha, 3.4× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 322,141 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 95,885 ha, 3.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +28.1% | 213,310 ha | 273,320 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 169,941 ha | 160,000 ha | 184,475 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 212,895 ha | 185,380 ha | 273,320 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 323,930 ha | 277,035 ha | 359,245 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 349,542 ha | 340,001 ha | 360,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 373,423 ha | 351,730 ha | 402,349 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 385,327 ha | 325,363 ha | 475,658 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 323,369 ha | 316,424 ha | 335,356 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 11 Burundi 341,757 ha compare
- 11 Côte d'Ivoire 1.39 million ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 24,241 ha compare
- 12 Guinea 336,706 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 4,850 ha compare
- 12 Caribbean 324,084 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia (Federated States of) 810 ha compare
- 13 Togo 333,367 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 810 ha compare
- 15 China 310,183 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 707 ha compare
- 16 China, mainland 309,857 ha compare
- 17 Benin 298,564 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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Madagascar was 322,141 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 475,658 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 160,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 14th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.