Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield was 1,124 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield in Madagascar, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 1,124 kg/ha for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in Madagascar peaked at 1,192 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 308.8 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Madagascar 4th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 333.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1988 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 308.8 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1992 | 319.4 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 330.4 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 341.8 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 353.9 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 366.6 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 380 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 394.3 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 409.4 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 425.6 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 333.3 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2002 | 475.4 kg/ha | +42.6% |
| 2003 | 508.8 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 547.2 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 590.2 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 633.3 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 676.1 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 718.4 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 759.9 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 800.4 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 839.5 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 937.5 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2013 | 937.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 960.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 999.2 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 1,029 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 1,061 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 1,092 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 1,118 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 1,143 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 1,192 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 1,167 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 1,128 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 1,124 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 1,124 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 685.9 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +42.6% | 333.3 kg/ha | 475.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 333.3 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 353.79 kg/ha | 308.8 kg/ha | 409.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 566.82 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 759.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 977.36 kg/ha | 800.4 kg/ha | 1,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,151 kg/ha | 1,124 kg/ha | 1,192 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 535.1 kg/ha compare
- 1 Malaysia 4,782 kg/ha compare
- 2 Dominica 2,007 kg/ha compare
- 3 Sri Lanka 1,339 kg/ha compare
- 4 Melanesia 502.4 kg/ha compare
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,098 kg/ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 464.4 kg/ha compare
- 6 Togo 1,070 kg/ha compare
- 7 Kenya 685.9 kg/ha compare
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 nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in Madagascar?
- Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in Madagascar was 1,124 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1,192 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 308.8 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Madagascar rank for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 4th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.0%. 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 Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — 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.