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 39th out of 63 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.
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 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 36 Martinique 2,073 ha compare
- 38 Lebanon 2,000 ha compare
- 40 Uzbekistan 1,088 ha compare
- 41 Myanmar 960 ha compare
- 42 Palestine 678 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture share gdp 21.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
- Rural population 67.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 21.97 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.26 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 399,940 t (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 39th out of 63 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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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.