Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 1,277 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 1,277 ha for lentils, dry — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 1,755 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 35th out of 59 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.
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 750 ha | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 600 ha | -20.0% |
| 1973 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 645 ha | +7.5% |
| 1976 | 895 ha | +38.8% |
| 1977 | 1,100 ha | +22.9% |
| 1978 | 1,510 ha | +37.3% |
| 1979 | 1,755 ha | +16.2% |
| 1980 | 1,100 ha | -37.3% |
| 1981 | 662 ha | -39.8% |
| 1982 | 755 ha | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 860 ha | +13.9% |
| 1984 | 980 ha | +14.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,009 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | +9.0% |
| 1992 | 1,073 ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 1,081 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 1,000 ha | -7.5% |
| 1995 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1997 | 1,111 ha | -7.4% |
| 1998 | 1,123 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 1,131 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 1,100 ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 1,151 ha | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 1,161 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 1,170 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 1,172 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,175 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,178 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 1,180 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,183 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1,186 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1,189 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 1,192 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,200 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 1,249 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,237 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 1,234 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,239 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,244 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,256 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1,265 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,267 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,272 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,277 ha | +0.4% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 1,277 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 2,343 ha, 55% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 1,277 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,227 ha, 57% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lentils, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | -39.8% | 1,100 ha | 662 ha |
| 1976 | +38.8% | 645 ha | 895 ha |
| 1980 | -37.3% | 1,755 ha | 1,100 ha |
| 1978 | +37.3% | 1,100 ha | 1,510 ha |
| 1971 | +25.0% | 600 ha | 750 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 533.33 ha | 500 ha | 600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 905.5 ha | 600 ha | 1,755 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 935.7 ha | 662 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,093 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,166 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,186 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,223 ha | 1,189 ha | 1,250 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,267 ha | 1,256 ha | 1,277 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 lentils, dry — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in Madagascar was 1,277 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1,755 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 35th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. 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 Lentils, dry — 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.