Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 148,104 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Madagascar is 148,104 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.3% on the previous year and up 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 148,104 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 60,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 88th out of 186 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 | 65,891 ha | 60,500 ha | 72,485 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 84,355 ha | 71,913 ha | 99,235 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 96,496 ha | 85,475 ha | 114,250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 113,228 ha | 104,598 ha | 121,564 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 114,923 ha | 105,418 ha | 121,823 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 125,016 ha | 113,604 ha | 144,165 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 137,021 ha | 129,928 ha | 148,104 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 85 Japan 161,166 ha compare
- 86 Guinea-Bissau 156,837 ha compare
- 87 Austria 155,749 ha compare
- 89 Peru 141,063 ha compare
- 90 Republic of Korea 138,028 ha compare
- 91 Tajikistan 136,497 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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Madagascar was 148,104 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 148,104 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 88th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.4%. 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, Oil 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.