Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 229.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Madagascar is 229.5 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and down 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Madagascar peaked at 304 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 215.6 kg/ha, in 2009.
That places Madagascar 155th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 222.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 223.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 243.8 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1964 | 260.2 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 234.6 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1966 | 256.7 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 260.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 232.3 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1969 | 252.3 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 250.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 256.2 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 253.9 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 254.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 253.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 299 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1976 | 264.4 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1977 | 254 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1978 | 235.4 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1979 | 289.6 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1980 | 288.2 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 291.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 304 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 297.3 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 292.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 274.3 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1986 | 258.3 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1987 | 292.1 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1988 | 276.5 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 287 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 280.1 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 239.1 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1992 | 247.1 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 248 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 255 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 242.4 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 255.5 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 275.3 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 273.8 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 274.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 248.9 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2001 | 248.8 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 269.3 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2003 | 265.1 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 258.9 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 269.9 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 253.7 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 238.9 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 242.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 215.6 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2010 | 233 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 233.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 238.3 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 239.6 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 293.1 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2015 | 268 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2016 | 243.5 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 242.4 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 248.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 237.4 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 239.9 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 254.5 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 251.2 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 241.4 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 229.5 kg/ha | -4.9% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 229.5 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 230.95 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 229.5 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 286.8 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 242.97 kg/ha | 222.7 kg/ha | 260.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 261.07 kg/ha | 235.4 kg/ha | 299 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 286.14 kg/ha | 258.3 kg/ha | 304 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 259.05 kg/ha | 239.1 kg/ha | 280.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 251.13 kg/ha | 215.6 kg/ha | 269.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 247.71 kg/ha | 233 kg/ha | 293.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 243.3 kg/ha | 229.5 kg/ha | 254.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 152 Malawi 235.1 kg/ha compare
- 153 Cook Islands 233.5 kg/ha compare
- 154 Chad 232.4 kg/ha compare
- 156 Brunei Darussalam 228.1 kg/ha compare
- 157 Mali 220.5 kg/ha compare
- 158 Afghanistan 215.3 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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Madagascar?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Madagascar was 229.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 304 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 215.6 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does Madagascar rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 155th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 — Yield. 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.