Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 1,812 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1973–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — area harvested in Madagascar is 1,812 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 2,000 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 250 ha, in 1973.
That places Madagascar 39th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 900 ha | 250 ha | 1,300 ha | 7 |
| 1980s | 1,495 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,950 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,865 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,802 ha | 1,800 ha | 1,810 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,819 ha | 1,805 ha | 1,850 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,810 ha | 1,805 ha | 1,812 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 36 Equatorial Guinea 3,945 ha compare
- 37 Gambia 3,513 ha compare
- 38 Sao Tome and Principe 2,130 ha compare
- 40 Central African Republic 647 ha compare
- 41 Suriname 600 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)
- 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 oil palm fruit — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Madagascar was 1,812 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 250 ha in 1973.
- How does Madagascar rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 39th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.