Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested was 15 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Madagascar stood at 15 ha. That is the lowest value across all 38 years on record.
The figure is down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 60 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 15 ha, in 2017.
That places Madagascar 18th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 60 ha | — |
| 1988 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 30 ha | -50.0% |
| 1991 | 33 ha | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 33 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 32 ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 32 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 31 ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 31 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 30 ha | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 21 ha | -30.0% |
| 2003 | 24 ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 25 ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 30 ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 23 ha | -23.3% |
| 2009 | 21 ha | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 20 ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 18 ha | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 16 ha | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15 ha | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 60 ha | 60 ha | 60 ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 31.2 ha | 30 ha | 33 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.4 ha | 21 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.3 ha | 15 ha | 20 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15 ha | 15 ha | 15 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Madagascar was 15 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 60 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 ha in 2017.
- How does Madagascar rank for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 18th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. 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 Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — 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.