Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 582.4 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — yield in Madagascar stood at 582.4 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 38.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Madagascar peaked at 7,146 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 462.9 kg/ha, in 2017.
Madagascar ranks 106th of 107 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,381 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,727 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1963 | 3,044 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1964 | 3,333 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1965 | 3,846 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1966 | 4,286 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1967 | 4,667 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1968 | 4,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,333 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1970 | 4,667 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1971 | 4,333 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1972 | 5,400 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1973 | 4,650 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1974 | 6,050 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1975 | 5,476 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1976 | 5,488 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 7,146 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 1978 | 6,873 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 5,177 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1980 | 4,870 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 2,206 kg/ha | -54.7% |
| 1982 | 2,371 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1983 | 2,333 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 2,261 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 2,500 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1986 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,480 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 2,238 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1991 | 3,234 kg/ha | +44.5% |
| 1992 | 3,138 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 3,042 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 2,946 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 2,931 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 2,609 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1997 | 2,538 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 2,560 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 2,538 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 2,583 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 2,480 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 2,421 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 2,355 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 2,280 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 2,220 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 1,858 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2007 | 1,725 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 1,583 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2009 | 1,441 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 1,304 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 1,172 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2012 | 1,000 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2013 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 940.5 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 740.2 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2016 | 591.7 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2017 | 462.9 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 2018 | 610.6 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 2019 | 592.9 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 560.9 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 588.8 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 581.1 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 577.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 582.4 kg/ha | +0.9% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 582.4 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 10,286 kg/ha, 6% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 582.4 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,999 kg/ha, 5% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Yield 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 | -54.7% | 4,870 kg/ha | 2,206 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +44.5% | 2,238 kg/ha | 3,234 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,809 kg/ha | 2,381 kg/ha | 5,333 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,526 kg/ha | 4,333 kg/ha | 7,146 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,652 kg/ha | 2,206 kg/ha | 4,870 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,778 kg/ha | 2,238 kg/ha | 3,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,095 kg/ha | 1,441 kg/ha | 2,583 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 841.47 kg/ha | 462.9 kg/ha | 1,304 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 578.06 kg/ha | 560.9 kg/ha | 588.8 kg/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 lettuce and chicory — yield in Madagascar?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Madagascar was 582.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 7,146 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 462.9 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Madagascar rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 106th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.1%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — Yield. 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.