Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 23,481 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — area harvested in Madagascar is 23,481 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 92.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 23,481 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,800 ha, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 26th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,049 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,802 ha | 2,800 ha | 5,765 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,796 ha | 5,765 ha | 8,210 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,084 ha | 4,500 ha | 6,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,268 ha | 4,670 ha | 9,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,239 ha | 7,294 ha | 13,314 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,689 ha | 11,449 ha | 23,481 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 23 Sao Tome and Principe 43,874 ha compare
- 24 Philippines 33,055 ha compare
- 25 Togo 25,336 ha compare
- 27 United Republic of Tanzania 20,907 ha compare
- 28 Nicaragua 16,726 ha compare
- 29 Solomon Islands 10,754 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 cocoa beans — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Madagascar was 23,481 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 23,481 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,800 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 26th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cocoa beans — 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.