Cereals, primary — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Cereals, primary — Yield was 2,393 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Madagascar stood at 2,393 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Madagascar peaked at 3,289 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,586 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Madagascar 117th out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,728 kg/ha | 1,586 kg/ha | 1,806 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,761 kg/ha | 1,621 kg/ha | 1,858 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,756 kg/ha | 1,594 kg/ha | 1,956 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,947 kg/ha | 1,875 kg/ha | 2,008 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,413 kg/ha | 1,891 kg/ha | 3,183 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,971 kg/ha | 2,389 kg/ha | 3,289 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,614 kg/ha | 2,393 kg/ha | 2,964 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 114 Brunei Darussalam 2,418 kg/ha compare
- 115 Caribbean 2,408 kg/ha compare
- 116 Republic of Moldova 2,406 kg/ha compare
- 118 Afghanistan 2,359 kg/ha compare
- 119 Zambia 2,318 kg/ha compare
- 120 Guatemala 2,238 kg/ha compare
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 cereals, primary — yield in Madagascar?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Madagascar was 2,393 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 3,289 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,586 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Madagascar rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 117th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. 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 Cereals, primary — Yield. 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.