Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 16,551 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Madagascar stood at 16,551 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 17,812 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 2,200 ha, in 1966.
Madagascar ranks 50th of 156 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.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,450 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,200 ha | -10.2% |
| 1967 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,800 ha | +163.6% |
| 1969 | 7,800 ha | +34.5% |
| 1970 | 7,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,950 ha | -10.9% |
| 1972 | 7,800 ha | +12.2% |
| 1973 | 7,835 ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 10,970 ha | +40.0% |
| 1975 | 9,575 ha | -12.7% |
| 1976 | 12,875 ha | +34.5% |
| 1977 | 13,650 ha | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 14,870 ha | +8.9% |
| 1979 | 8,325 ha | -44.0% |
| 1980 | 8,585 ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 8,849 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 8,914 ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 9,065 ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 9,290 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 9,350 ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 12,330 ha | +31.9% |
| 1987 | 13,150 ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 13,220 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 14,340 ha | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 14,960 ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 14,340 ha | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 14,960 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 15,510 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 14,412 ha | -7.1% |
| 1995 | 14,925 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 15,251 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 15,363 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 15,458 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 15,650 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 15,340 ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 15,685 ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 15,518 ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 15,805 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 15,595 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 16,171 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 16,691 ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 17,812 ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 16,566 ha | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 16,484 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 15,261 ha | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 16,046 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 15,800 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 15,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15,805 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 16,047 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 16,340 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 16,551 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 16,702 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 16,787 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 16,813 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 16,568 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 16,543 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 16,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 16,551 ha | +0.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 16,551 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 7,542 ha, 2.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 16,551 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,473 ha, 2.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +163.6% | 2,200 ha | 5,800 ha |
| 1979 | -44.0% | 14,870 ha | 8,325 ha |
| 1974 | +40.0% | 7,835 ha | 10,970 ha |
| 1969 | +34.5% | 5,800 ha | 7,800 ha |
| 1976 | +34.5% | 9,575 ha | 12,875 ha |
| 1986 | +31.9% | 9,350 ha | 12,330 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,361 ha | 2,200 ha | 7,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,065 ha | 6,950 ha | 14,870 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,709 ha | 8,585 ha | 14,340 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,083 ha | 14,340 ha | 15,650 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,167 ha | 15,340 ha | 17,812 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,114 ha | 15,261 ha | 16,787 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,605 ha | 16,543 ha | 16,813 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Madagascar was 16,551 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 17,812 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,200 ha in 1966.
- How does Madagascar rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 50th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.