Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 70,192 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Madagascar stood at 70,192 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.2% on the previous year and up 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 81,953 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 32,305 ha, in 1983.
That places Madagascar 33rd out of 112 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 41,000 ha | +13.9% |
| 1963 | 41,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 41,280 ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 40,055 ha | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 41,210 ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 41,635 ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 41,235 ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 42,485 ha | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 40,890 ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 40,650 ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 49,320 ha | +21.3% |
| 1973 | 38,155 ha | -22.6% |
| 1974 | 40,600 ha | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 34,305 ha | -15.5% |
| 1976 | 53,170 ha | +55.0% |
| 1977 | 48,940 ha | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 38,305 ha | -21.7% |
| 1979 | 40,200 ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 41,910 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 35,530 ha | -15.2% |
| 1982 | 32,695 ha | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 32,305 ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 33,110 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 32,600 ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 33,600 ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 33,125 ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 32,600 ha | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 33,370 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 33,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 53,290 ha | +59.1% |
| 1992 | 41,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1993 | 55,600 ha | +35.6% |
| 1994 | 42,500 ha | -23.6% |
| 1995 | 48,875 ha | +15.0% |
| 1996 | 48,270 ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 47,500 ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 47,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 47,205 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 47,450 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 47,735 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 47,950 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 48,480 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 54,506 ha | +12.4% |
| 2006 | 54,800 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 52,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 54,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 50,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 52,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 53,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 55,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 53,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 62,357 ha | +17.7% |
| 2016 | 74,737 ha | +19.9% |
| 2017 | 74,598 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 76,750 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 81,953 ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 69,132 ha | -15.6% |
| 2021 | 58,988 ha | -14.7% |
| 2022 | 59,271 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 62,563 ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 70,192 ha | +12.2% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 70,192 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 130,659 ha, 54% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 70,192 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 65% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +59.1% | 33,500 ha | 53,290 ha |
| 1976 | +55.0% | 34,305 ha | 53,170 ha |
| 1993 | +35.6% | 41,000 ha | 55,600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,656 ha | 36,000 ha | 42,485 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 42,454 ha | 34,305 ha | 53,170 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,084 ha | 32,305 ha | 41,910 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 46,454 ha | 33,500 ha | 55,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,413 ha | 47,205 ha | 54,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 63,840 ha | 52,000 ha | 81,953 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,029 ha | 58,988 ha | 70,192 ha | 5 |
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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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Madagascar was 70,192 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 81,953 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,305 ha in 1983.
- How does Madagascar rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 33rd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.4%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.