Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 260,405 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 260,405 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 260,405 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 70,070 ha, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 49th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 70,070 ha | — |
| 1962 | 73,070 ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 75,130 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 80,620 ha | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 81,630 ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 86,280 ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 91,610 ha | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 95,090 ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 105,205 ha | +10.6% |
| 1970 | 108,085 ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 111,590 ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 113,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 112,405 ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 126,843 ha | +12.8% |
| 1975 | 129,260 ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 150,570 ha | +16.5% |
| 1977 | 126,220 ha | -16.2% |
| 1978 | 128,205 ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 115,010 ha | -10.3% |
| 1980 | 122,940 ha | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 126,008 ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 128,279 ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 130,925 ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 132,735 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 134,075 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 138,540 ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 141,495 ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 142,290 ha | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 145,225 ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 151,446 ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 144,771 ha | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 147,968 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 150,859 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 144,546 ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 150,485 ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 154,796 ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 157,471 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 157,711 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 161,772 ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 165,472 ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 169,769 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 170,238 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 172,554 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 174,610 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 184,596 ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 189,561 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 201,212 ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 203,021 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 209,896 ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 214,650 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 227,838 ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 241,315 ha | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 241,315 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 243,925 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 257,123 ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 250,835 ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 254,437 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 255,276 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 256,589 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 258,699 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 258,911 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 259,604 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 260,302 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 260,405 ha | +0.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 260,405 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 127,290 ha, 2.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 260,405 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,574 ha, 4.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84,301 ha | 70,070 ha | 105,205 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 122,129 ha | 108,085 ha | 150,570 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 134,251 ha | 122,940 ha | 145,225 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 152,182 ha | 144,546 ha | 161,772 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 184,093 ha | 165,472 ha | 209,896 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 244,330 ha | 214,650 ha | 257,123 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 259,584 ha | 258,699 ha | 260,405 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 fruit primary — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Madagascar was 260,405 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 260,405 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 70,070 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 49th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.