Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested was 50,224 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 50,224 ha for coconuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 50,224 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,000 ha, in 1961.
Madagascar ranks 14th of 84 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1972 | 15,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1973 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 15,708 ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 19,925 ha | +26.8% |
| 1976 | 19,700 ha | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 20,610 ha | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 21,500 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 22,410 ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 23,850 ha | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 25,620 ha | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 25,980 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 26,010 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 26,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 27,100 ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 27,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 28,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 30,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 33,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 32,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 32,100 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 32,200 ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 32,300 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 32,400 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 32,500 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 32,600 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 32,700 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 32,800 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 33,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 34,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 34,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 33,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 34,664 ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 42,410 ha | +22.3% |
| 2021 | 43,509 ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 43,219 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 47,786 ha | +10.6% |
| 2024 | 50,224 ha | +5.1% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 50,224 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 9,680 ha, 5.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 50,224 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,186 ha, 7.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +26.8% | 15,708 ha | 19,925 ha |
| 1972 | +25.0% | 12,000 ha | 15,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,889 ha | 8,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,285 ha | 10,000 ha | 22,410 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,116 ha | 23,850 ha | 31,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,300 ha | 32,000 ha | 33,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,860 ha | 32,500 ha | 33,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,366 ha | 33,000 ha | 34,664 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,430 ha | 42,410 ha | 50,224 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 11 Ghana 76,051 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 11,274 ha compare
- 12 Malaysia 75,418 ha compare
- 13 Kenya 75,012 ha compare
- 13 Caribbean 99,365 ha compare
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 35,000 ha compare
- 15 Myanmar 49,597 ha compare
- 16 Cabo Verde 2,004 ha compare
- 16 Dominican Republic 47,617 ha compare
- 17 Solomon Islands 39,908 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 coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Madagascar was 50,224 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 50,224 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 14th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.7%. 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 Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested. 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.