Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 8,429 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 8,429 ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 12,569 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3,985 ha, in 2002.
Madagascar ranks 10th of 50 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,777 ha | 9,900 ha | 11,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,254 ha | 5,315 ha | 11,195 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,234 ha | 5,860 ha | 7,290 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,072 ha | 4,000 ha | 6,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,156 ha | 3,985 ha | 10,690 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,423 ha | 7,807 ha | 12,569 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,500 ha | 8,340 ha | 8,784 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
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 pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Madagascar was 8,429 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 12,569 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,985 ha in 2002.
- How does Madagascar rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 10th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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.