Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 835 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Madagascar stood at 835 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Madagascar peaked at 1,218 kg/ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 520 kg/ha, in 2009.
Madagascar ranks 85th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 888.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 878 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 926.8 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 1,032 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1965 | 880.9 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1966 | 1,035 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1967 | 1,020 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 942.4 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1969 | 1,047 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1970 | 1,015 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1971 | 1,000 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 998.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 997.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 985.2 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 1,218 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1976 | 1,019 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1977 | 951.8 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1978 | 888 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1980 | 932.4 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1981 | 926.8 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 970.8 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 964.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 951.4 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 966.3 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 970.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 981.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 926.4 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 967.9 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 907.5 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 553.6 kg/ha | -39.0% |
| 1992 | 548.8 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 575.5 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 658.8 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1995 | 613.8 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1996 | 749.9 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1997 | 753.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 723.4 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 734 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 742.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 742.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 742.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 742.6 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 713.7 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 698.1 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 763.8 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 615.4 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2008 | 629.6 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 520 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2010 | 576.9 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 584.9 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 600 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,107 kg/ha | +84.5% |
| 2015 | 937.9 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2016 | 780.1 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2017 | 779.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 759.6 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 713.8 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 820.6 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 945.4 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 941.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 901.9 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 835 kg/ha | -7.4% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 835 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 820.1 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 835 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield 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 | +84.5% | 600 kg/ha | 1,107 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 961.28 kg/ha | 878 kg/ha | 1,047 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,007 kg/ha | 888 kg/ha | 1,218 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 955.8 kg/ha | 926.4 kg/ha | 981.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 681.9 kg/ha | 548.8 kg/ha | 907.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 691.07 kg/ha | 520 kg/ha | 763.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 743.93 kg/ha | 576.9 kg/ha | 1,107 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 888.96 kg/ha | 820.6 kg/ha | 945.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 82 Malawi 875 kg/ha compare
- 83 Fiji 843.4 kg/ha compare
- 84 Burkina Faso 836.9 kg/ha compare
- 86 Liberia 820.1 kg/ha compare
- 87 Sierra Leone 807.7 kg/ha compare
- 88 Mauritania 784.6 kg/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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Madagascar?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Madagascar was 835 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1,218 kg/ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 520 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does Madagascar rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 85th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. 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.