Oranges — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Oranges — Area harvested was 13,603 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oranges — area harvested in Madagascar stood at 13,603 ha.
That represents a change of up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 15,000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 1966.
That places Madagascar 32nd out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1967 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,000 ha | +233.3% |
| 1969 | 7,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1970 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1972 | 6,800 ha | +13.3% |
| 1973 | 6,835 ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 9,970 ha | +45.9% |
| 1975 | 8,665 ha | -13.1% |
| 1976 | 11,860 ha | +36.9% |
| 1977 | 12,595 ha | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 13,725 ha | +9.0% |
| 1979 | 7,030 ha | -48.8% |
| 1980 | 7,235 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 7,250 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 7,290 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 7,360 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 7,435 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 7,400 ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 10,260 ha | +38.6% |
| 1987 | 11,000 ha | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 12,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 12,112 ha | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 12,513 ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 12,757 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 12,834 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 12,883 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 13,101 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 12,823 ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 13,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 12,907 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 13,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 12,972 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 13,500 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 13,771 ha | -8.2% |
| 2009 | 13,702 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 12,500 ha | -8.8% |
| 2011 | 13,309 ha | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 13,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12,983 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 13,206 ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 13,465 ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 13,653 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 13,770 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 13,821 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 13,825 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 13,627 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 13,593 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 13,598 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 13,603 ha | +0.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 13,603 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 4,476 ha, 3.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 13,603 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,452 ha, 2.5× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Area harvested in Madagascar changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +233.3% | 1,500 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 1979 | -48.8% | 13,725 ha | 7,030 ha |
| 1974 | +45.9% | 6,835 ha | 9,970 ha |
| 1969 | +40.0% | 5,000 ha | 7,000 ha |
| 1986 | +38.6% | 7,400 ha | 10,260 ha |
| 1976 | +36.9% | 8,665 ha | 11,860 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,778 ha | 1,500 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,048 ha | 6,000 ha | 13,725 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,823 ha | 7,235 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,620 ha | 12,000 ha | 13,101 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,498 ha | 12,823 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,271 ha | 12,500 ha | 13,821 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,649 ha | 13,593 ha | 13,825 ha | 5 |
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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 oranges — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Oranges — area harvested in Madagascar was 13,603 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1966.
- How does Madagascar rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 32nd out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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 Oranges — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.