Cocoa beans — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Cocoa beans — Yield was 894.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 894.4 kg/ha for cocoa beans — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Madagascar peaked at 995.6 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 222.2 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Madagascar 5th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 333.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 277.8 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1963 | 222.2 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1964 | 288 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1965 | 311.4 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 328.9 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 354.1 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 363.4 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 368.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 357.1 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 320.5 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1972 | 400 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1973 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 456.8 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1975 | 382.3 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1976 | 407.6 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 352.5 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1978 | 290.6 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1979 | 293.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 293.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 315.5 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1982 | 322.3 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 305.1 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 512.8 kg/ha | +68.1% |
| 1985 | 292.2 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 1986 | 292.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 424.7 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 1988 | 480 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1989 | 474.4 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 529.4 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1991 | 480.6 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 753.6 kg/ha | +56.8% |
| 1993 | 995.6 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 1994 | 666.7 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 1995 | 869.6 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1996 | 924.7 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 924.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 924.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 923.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 941.1 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 944.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 944.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 944.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 942.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 781.1 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2006 | 780.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 865.5 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2008 | 858.6 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 860.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 888.1 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 891.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 876.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 873.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 888.3 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 889.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 892.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 896.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 901.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 901.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 902.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 899.7 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 893.8 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 894.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 894.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 894.4 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 471.8 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 894.4 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 308.35 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +68.1% | 305.1 kg/ha | 512.8 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +56.8% | 480.6 kg/ha | 753.6 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +45.3% | 292.3 kg/ha | 424.7 kg/ha |
| 1985 | -43.0% | 512.8 kg/ha | 292.2 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -33.0% | 995.6 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +32.1% | 753.6 kg/ha | 995.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 316.43 kg/ha | 222.2 kg/ha | 368.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 366.05 kg/ha | 290.6 kg/ha | 456.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 371.24 kg/ha | 292.2 kg/ha | 512.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 799.33 kg/ha | 480.6 kg/ha | 995.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 886.16 kg/ha | 780.1 kg/ha | 944.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 889.92 kg/ha | 873.8 kg/ha | 901.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 896.9 kg/ha | 893.8 kg/ha | 902.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 590.5 kg/ha compare
- 2 Guatemala 2,582 kg/ha compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 560.3 kg/ha compare
- 3 Fiji 2,500 kg/ha compare
- 4 Togo 986.8 kg/ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 480.5 kg/ha compare
- 6 Peru 829.4 kg/ha compare
- 6 Caribbean 496.8 kg/ha compare
- 7 Ecuador 745.4 kg/ha compare
- 8 Côte d'Ivoire 495.5 kg/ha compare
- 8 Sri Lanka 680.9 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 399.8 kg/ha compare
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 cocoa beans — yield in Madagascar?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Madagascar was 894.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 995.6 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 222.2 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Madagascar rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 5th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. 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 Cocoa beans — 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.