Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 1,337 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — area harvested in Madagascar stood at 1,337 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 1,500 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1961.
Madagascar ranks 53rd of 126 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1967 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 410 ha | -18.0% |
| 1976 | 515 ha | +25.6% |
| 1977 | 515 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 600 ha | +16.5% |
| 1979 | 745 ha | +24.2% |
| 1980 | 780 ha | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 875 ha | +12.2% |
| 1982 | 900 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 945 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 995 ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1990 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 1,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 1,437 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 1,300 ha | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 1,362 ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 1,394 ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 1,425 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 1,440 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 1,420 ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 1,395 ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 1,387 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 1,391 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,346 ha | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 1,378 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 1,401 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 1,400 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 1,462 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 1,428 ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 1,385 ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 1,338 ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 1,300 ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,315 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 1,333 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,341 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,339 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,348 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1,360 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,361 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,335 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 1,336 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,337 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,337 ha | +0.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 1,337 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,395 ha, 96% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 1,337 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,453 ha, 92% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +33.3% | 300 ha | 400 ha |
| 1976 | +25.6% | 410 ha | 515 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 344.44 ha | 300 ha | 400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 513.5 ha | 400 ha | 745 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,024 ha | 780 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,388 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,440 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,409 ha | 1,346 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,336 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,385 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,341 ha | 1,335 ha | 1,361 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 lemons and limes — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Madagascar was 1,337 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 53rd out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.