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 85th out of 184 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.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 51,670 ha | +13.6% |
| 1963 | 52,140 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 53,180 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 52,795 ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 54,805 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 56,240 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 57,735 ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 60,985 ha | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 61,453 ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 63,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 75,882 ha | +19.5% |
| 1973 | 67,766 ha | -10.7% |
| 1974 | 72,847 ha | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 71,571 ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 91,395 ha | +27.7% |
| 1977 | 91,068 ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 83,143 ha | -8.7% |
| 1979 | 81,655 ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 84,005 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 81,140 ha | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 77,675 ha | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 79,740 ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 84,705 ha | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 94,129 ha | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 105,150 ha | +11.7% |
| 1987 | 84,954 ha | -19.2% |
| 1988 | 92,298 ha | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 95,380 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 94,498 ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 109,535 ha | +15.9% |
| 1992 | 95,928 ha | -12.4% |
| 1993 | 111,164 ha | +15.9% |
| 1994 | 97,916 ha | -11.9% |
| 1995 | 105,590 ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 107,168 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 102,733 ha | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 102,333 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 102,442 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 110,281 ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 110,418 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 94,560 ha | -14.4% |
| 2003 | 97,663 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 99,812 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 98,796 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 110,823 ha | +12.2% |
| 2007 | 106,023 ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 107,022 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 103,022 ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 103,030 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 103,028 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 105,015 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 103,025 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 102,048 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 112,600 ha | +10.3% |
| 2016 | 123,426 ha | +9.6% |
| 2017 | 123,620 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 125,672 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 132,308 ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 127,076 ha | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 118,027 ha | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 117,863 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 125,879 ha | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 135,945 ha | +8.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 135,945 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 322,934 ha, 42% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 135,945 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 39% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
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
More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.11 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0021 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.25 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
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 85th out of 184 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.