Maize and products — Food in Madagascar
Madagascar: Maize and products — Food was 231 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Maize and products — Food in Madagascar, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 231 1000 t for maize and products — food in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 38.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food in Madagascar peaked at 425 1000 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 196 1000 t, in 2021.
Madagascar ranks 63rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 388 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 399 1000 t | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 425 1000 t | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 373 1000 t | -12.2% |
| 2014 | 352 1000 t | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 312 1000 t | -11.4% |
| 2016 | 297 1000 t | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 270 1000 t | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 202 1000 t | -25.2% |
| 2019 | 202 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 204 1000 t | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 196 1000 t | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 237 1000 t | +20.9% |
| 2023 | 231 1000 t | -2.5% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 231 1000 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 316 1000 t, 73% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 231 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 224 1000 t, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 322 1000 t | 202 1000 t | 425 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 217 1000 t | 196 1000 t | 237 1000 t | 4 |
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 maize and products — food in Madagascar?
- Maize and products — food in Madagascar was 231 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 425 1000 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 196 1000 t in 2021.
- How does Madagascar rank for maize and products — food?
- Madagascar ranks 63rd out of 191 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize and products — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.