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 9th of 43 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 10,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 10,175 ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 10,675 ha | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 11,105 ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 11,470 ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 11,670 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 11,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 7,000 ha | -40.7% |
| 1971 | 11,195 ha | +59.9% |
| 1972 | 7,830 ha | -30.1% |
| 1973 | 7,500 ha | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 5,800 ha | -22.7% |
| 1975 | 9,000 ha | +55.2% |
| 1976 | 7,215 ha | -19.8% |
| 1977 | 6,200 ha | -14.1% |
| 1978 | 5,315 ha | -14.3% |
| 1979 | 5,480 ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 5,860 ha | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 5,955 ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 6,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 6,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 6,120 ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 6,200 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 6,100 ha | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 6,250 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 7,290 ha | +16.6% |
| 1989 | 6,470 ha | -11.2% |
| 1990 | 6,800 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 6,638 ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 5,434 ha | -18.1% |
| 1993 | 5,700 ha | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 5,160 ha | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 4,255 ha | -17.5% |
| 1996 | 4,470 ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 4,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 1998 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 4,060 ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 4,020 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 4,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 3,985 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 3,990 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 4,015 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 10,386 ha | +158.7% |
| 2006 | 10,690 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 10,490 ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 10,595 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 9,385 ha | -11.4% |
| 2010 | 9,220 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 9,079 ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 8,965 ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 9,007 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 8,101 ha | -10.1% |
| 2015 | 12,569 ha | +55.2% |
| 2016 | 10,937 ha | -13.0% |
| 2017 | 9,852 ha | -9.9% |
| 2018 | 8,694 ha | -11.8% |
| 2019 | 7,807 ha | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 8,784 ha | +12.5% |
| 2021 | 8,429 ha | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 8,340 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 8,518 ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 8,429 ha | -1.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 8,429 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 7,274 ha, 1.2× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 8,429 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,236 ha, 6.8× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +158.7% | 4,015 ha | 10,386 ha |
| 1971 | +59.9% | 7,000 ha | 11,195 ha |
| 1975 | +55.2% | 5,800 ha | 9,000 ha |
| 2015 | +55.2% | 8,101 ha | 12,569 ha |
| 1970 | -40.7% | 11,800 ha | 7,000 ha |
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 |
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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 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 9th out of 43 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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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.