Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Ginger, raw — Area harvested was 153 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, ginger, raw — area harvested in Madagascar stood at 153 ha. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 13.3% on the previous year and up 173.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 153 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8 ha, in 1992.
Madagascar ranks 27th of 40 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.
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 8 ha | — |
| 1993 | 11 ha | +37.5% |
| 1994 | 8 ha | -27.3% |
| 1995 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 10 ha | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 11 ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 12 ha | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 16 ha | +33.3% |
| 2006 | 8 ha | -50.0% |
| 2007 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 21 ha | +162.5% |
| 2009 | 11 ha | -47.6% |
| 2010 | 11 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 14 ha | +27.3% |
| 2012 | 15 ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 56 ha | +273.3% |
| 2015 | 31 ha | -44.6% |
| 2016 | 37 ha | +19.4% |
| 2017 | 41 ha | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 67 ha | +63.4% |
| 2019 | 89 ha | +32.8% |
| 2020 | 143 ha | +60.7% |
| 2021 | 112 ha | -21.7% |
| 2022 | 115 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 135 ha | +17.4% |
| 2024 | 153 ha | +13.3% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 153 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 355 ha, 43% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +273.3% | 15 ha | 56 ha |
| 2008 | +162.5% | 8 ha | 21 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.38 ha | 8 ha | 11 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 11.3 ha | 8 ha | 21 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.6 ha | 11 ha | 89 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 131.6 ha | 112 ha | 153 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 ginger, raw — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Ginger, raw — area harvested in Madagascar was 153 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 153 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 ha in 1992.
- How does Madagascar rank for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 27th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 173.2%. 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 Ginger, raw — 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.