Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 440 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Madagascar stood at 440 ha.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 447 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 40 ha, in 1961.
Madagascar ranks 52nd of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 80 ha | +33.3% |
| 1972 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 100 ha | +25.0% |
| 1974 | 200 ha | +100.0% |
| 1975 | 180 ha | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 120 ha | -33.3% |
| 1977 | 160 ha | +33.3% |
| 1978 | 135 ha | -15.6% |
| 1979 | 63 ha | -53.3% |
| 1980 | 52 ha | -17.5% |
| 1981 | 45 ha | -13.5% |
| 1982 | 67 ha | +48.9% |
| 1983 | 100 ha | +49.3% |
| 1984 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1985 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 165 ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 166 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 169 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 170 ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 172 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 170 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 180 ha | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 180 ha | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 195 ha | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 207 ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 219 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 232 ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 244 ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 279 ha | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 297 ha | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 315 ha | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 334 ha | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 352 ha | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 370 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 400 ha | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 390 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 402 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 446 ha | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 413 ha | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 432 ha | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 447 ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 431 ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 443 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 440 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 438 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 441 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 440 ha | -0.2% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 440 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,856 ha, 24% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 440 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 973 ha, 45% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +100.0% | 100 ha | 200 ha |
| 1979 | -53.3% | 135 ha | 63 ha |
| 1984 | +50.0% | 100 ha | 150 ha |
| 1982 | +48.9% | 45 ha | 67 ha |
| 1983 | +49.3% | 67 ha | 100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53.33 ha | 40 ha | 60 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 117.8 ha | 60 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 117.4 ha | 45 ha | 160 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 175.2 ha | 165 ha | 190 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 250.2 ha | 180 ha | 334 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 408.3 ha | 352 ha | 447 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 440.4 ha | 438 ha | 443 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
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 eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Madagascar was 440 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 447 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 52nd out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. 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 Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.