Cassava, fresh — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 7,989 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 7,989 kg/ha for cassava, fresh — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Madagascar peaked at 7,989 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,518 kg/ha, in 2004.
Madagascar ranks 63rd of 93 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.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,788 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,860 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 6,000 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 6,006 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 6,755 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1966 | 6,016 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1967 | 6,031 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 6,444 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1969 | 6,793 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 6,572 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 6,197 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1972 | 6,214 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 6,207 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 6,609 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 6,436 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 6,437 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,620 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 5,834 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1979 | 5,885 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 6,076 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 5,814 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 6,050 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 6,064 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 6,092 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 6,110 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 6,740 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1987 | 7,000 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 6,560 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 6,650 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 6,651 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 6,652 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 6,706 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 6,772 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 6,743 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 6,887 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 6,744 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 6,754 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 6,700 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 6,999 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 7,004 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 7,132 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 6,716 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 5,647 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2004 | 5,518 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 7,624 kg/ha | +38.2% |
| 2006 | 7,604 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 7,581 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 7,671 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 7,506 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 7,414 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 7,392 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 7,613 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 7,761 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 7,785 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 7,725 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 7,672 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 7,672 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7,684 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 7,697 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 7,752 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 7,878 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 7,911 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 7,950 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 7,989 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 7,989 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 9,533 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 7,989 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +38.2% | 5,518 kg/ha | 7,624 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,188 kg/ha | 5,788 kg/ha | 6,793 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,301 kg/ha | 5,834 kg/ha | 6,620 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,316 kg/ha | 5,814 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,761 kg/ha | 6,651 kg/ha | 6,999 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,000 kg/ha | 5,518 kg/ha | 7,671 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,642 kg/ha | 7,392 kg/ha | 7,785 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,896 kg/ha | 7,752 kg/ha | 7,989 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Madagascar?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Madagascar was 7,989 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 7,989 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,518 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does Madagascar rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 63rd out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.