Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 174 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Madagascar stood at 174 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 315 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 96 ha, in 1991.
Madagascar ranks 74th of 108 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.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 105 ha | — |
| 1962 | 110 ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 115 ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 120 ha | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 130 ha | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 140 ha | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1973 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 315 ha | +57.5% |
| 1976 | 215 ha | -31.7% |
| 1977 | 240 ha | +11.6% |
| 1978 | 275 ha | +14.6% |
| 1979 | 141 ha | -48.7% |
| 1980 | 192 ha | +36.2% |
| 1981 | 97 ha | -49.5% |
| 1982 | 97 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 105 ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 115 ha | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 120 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 125 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 143 ha | +14.4% |
| 1991 | 96 ha | -32.9% |
| 1992 | 102 ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 106 ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 110 ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 125 ha | +13.6% |
| 1997 | 130 ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 125 ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 130 ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 120 ha | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 122 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 122 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 121 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 121 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 117 ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 143 ha | +22.2% |
| 2007 | 150 ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 159 ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 169 ha | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 182 ha | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 196 ha | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 220 ha | +12.2% |
| 2013 | 215 ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 193 ha | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 200 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 150 ha | -25.0% |
| 2018 | 183 ha | +22.0% |
| 2019 | 175 ha | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 170 ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 176 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 174 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 173 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 174 ha | +0.6% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 174 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 978 ha, 18% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 174 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 307 ha, 57% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +57.5% | 200 ha | 315 ha |
| 1981 | -49.5% | 192 ha | 97 ha |
| 1979 | -48.7% | 275 ha | 141 ha |
| 1991 | -32.9% | 143 ha | 96 ha |
| 1976 | -31.7% | 315 ha | 215 ha |
| 1980 | +36.2% | 141 ha | 192 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 130 ha | 105 ha | 150 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 208.6 ha | 141 ha | 315 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 121.1 ha | 97 ha | 192 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 117.7 ha | 96 ha | 143 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 134.4 ha | 117 ha | 169 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 191.4 ha | 150 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 173.4 ha | 170 ha | 176 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 lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Madagascar was 174 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 315 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 96 ha in 1991.
- How does Madagascar rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 74th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.