Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested was 412 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 412 ha for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 4,405 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 367 ha, in 2015.
That places Madagascar 23rd out of 26 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,245 ha | +12.2% |
| 1965 | 2,160 ha | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 1967 | 2,065 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 2,035 ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 4,405 ha | +116.5% |
| 1970 | 3,480 ha | -21.0% |
| 1971 | 2,545 ha | -26.9% |
| 1972 | 640 ha | -74.9% |
| 1973 | 3,645 ha | +469.5% |
| 1974 | 1,585 ha | -56.5% |
| 1975 | 1,985 ha | +25.2% |
| 1976 | 395 ha | -80.1% |
| 1977 | 400 ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 550 ha | +37.5% |
| 1979 | 730 ha | +32.7% |
| 1980 | 730 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 735 ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 735 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 740 ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 740 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 750 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 831 ha | +10.8% |
| 1991 | 750 ha | -9.7% |
| 1992 | 763 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 760 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 750 ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 765 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 780 ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 772 ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 769 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 767 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 760 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 761 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 759 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 756 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 756 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 760 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 760 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 760 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 770 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 600 ha | -22.1% |
| 2010 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 2012 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 510 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 448 ha | -12.2% |
| 2015 | 367 ha | -18.1% |
| 2016 | 442 ha | +20.4% |
| 2017 | 408 ha | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 406 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 418 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 410 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 411 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 413 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 412 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 412 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,323 ha | 2,000 ha | 4,405 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,596 ha | 395 ha | 3,645 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 743 ha | 730 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 770.7 ha | 750 ha | 831 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 744.2 ha | 600 ha | 770 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 459.9 ha | 367 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 411.6 ha | 410 ha | 413 ha | 5 |
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- 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 kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Madagascar was 412 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 4,405 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 367 ha in 2015.
- How does Madagascar rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 23rd out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. 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 Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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.