Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 135,945 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 135,945 ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 135,945 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 45,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 95th out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53,894 ha | 45,500 ha | 60,985 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 76,028 ha | 61,453 ha | 91,395 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 87,918 ha | 77,675 ha | 105,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 102,931 ha | 94,498 ha | 111,164 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 103,842 ha | 94,560 ha | 110,823 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 113,377 ha | 102,048 ha | 132,308 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 124,958 ha | 117,863 ha | 135,945 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 92 Republic of Korea 138,028 ha compare
- 93 Tajikistan 136,497 ha compare
- 94 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 136,391 ha compare
- 96 Mongolia 131,222 ha compare
- 97 Peru 120,542 ha compare
- 98 Sweden 118,780 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- 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)
- Rural population 67.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 21.97 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.26 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 399,940 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Madagascar was 135,945 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 135,945 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 95th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.2%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.