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 19th of 105 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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
More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture share gdp 21.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
- Rural population 67.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 21.97 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.26 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 399,940 t (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 19th out of 105 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.