Maize (corn) — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,833 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Madagascar is 1,833 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Madagascar peaked at 1,833 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 812.5 kg/ha, in 1992.
Madagascar ranks 122nd of 163 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.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,480 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,300 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1963 | 1,140 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1964 | 1,042 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1965 | 952.5 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1966 | 1,053 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1967 | 1,067 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 1,026 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1969 | 1,032 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 1,024 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 952.8 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 983.1 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 1,019 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 1,046 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 1,096 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 1,188 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1977 | 1,057 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1978 | 943.4 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1979 | 1,004 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 997.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 946 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 969.7 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 1,046 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1984 | 1,067 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 1,001 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1986 | 1,033 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 1,130 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1988 | 1,029 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1989 | 1,060 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 984.8 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 966.7 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 812.5 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1993 | 897.2 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 945.1 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 962.8 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 929.9 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 936.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 830.6 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1999 | 916.2 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 883.8 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 929 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 884.5 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 1,626 kg/ha | +83.8% |
| 2004 | 1,778 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2005 | 1,546 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2006 | 1,589 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 1,619 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 1,657 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 1,622 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 1,558 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 1,546 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 1,659 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 1,658 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,683 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1,714 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 1,731 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1,741 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,752 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1,736 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,774 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 1,823 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1,805 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 1,819 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 1,833 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 1,833 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 1,833 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +83.8% | 884.5 kg/ha | 1,626 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,121 kg/ha | 952.5 kg/ha | 1,480 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,031 kg/ha | 943.4 kg/ha | 1,188 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,028 kg/ha | 946 kg/ha | 1,130 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 918.26 kg/ha | 812.5 kg/ha | 984.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,413 kg/ha | 883.8 kg/ha | 1,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,678 kg/ha | 1,546 kg/ha | 1,752 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,811 kg/ha | 1,774 kg/ha | 1,833 kg/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 maize (corn) — yield in Madagascar?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Madagascar was 1,833 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1,833 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 812.5 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Madagascar rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 122nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. 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 Maize (corn) — Yield. 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.