Pineapples — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Pineapples — Area harvested was 15,899 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pineapples — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pineapples — area harvested in Madagascar stood at 15,899 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 16,127 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 14th out of 85 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.
Pineapples — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,600 ha | +23.1% |
| 1963 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 8,500 ha | +325.0% |
| 1968 | 8,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1969 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 9,400 ha | +17.5% |
| 1972 | 9,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 9,420 ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 10,710 ha | +13.7% |
| 1975 | 12,300 ha | +14.8% |
| 1976 | 7,435 ha | -39.6% |
| 1977 | 7,405 ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 8,485 ha | +14.6% |
| 1979 | 7,940 ha | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 7,890 ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 8,355 ha | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 8,405 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 8,545 ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 8,680 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 8,700 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 8,710 ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 8,665 ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 8,500 ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 8,450 ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 8,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 8,550 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 8,600 ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 8,181 ha | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 8,343 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 8,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 8,700 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 8,772 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 8,800 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 8,700 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 8,805 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 8,871 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 8,920 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 8,861 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 8,897 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 8,850 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 9,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 10,218 ha | +13.5% |
| 2009 | 12,311 ha | +20.5% |
| 2010 | 12,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 13,065 ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 14,500 ha | +11.0% |
| 2013 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14,734 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 15,753 ha | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 14,996 ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 15,312 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 15,378 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 15,465 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 15,626 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 16,127 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 15,739 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 15,831 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 15,899 ha | +0.4% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 15,899 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,712 ha, 9.3× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 15,899 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,345 ha, 6.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +325.0% | 2,000 ha | 8,500 ha |
| 1976 | -39.6% | 12,300 ha | 7,435 ha |
| 1966 | +25.0% | 1,600 ha | 2,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,800 ha | 1,300 ha | 8,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,060 ha | 7,405 ha | 12,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,490 ha | 7,890 ha | 8,710 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,545 ha | 8,181 ha | 8,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,343 ha | 8,700 ha | 12,311 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,570 ha | 12,000 ha | 15,753 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,844 ha | 15,626 ha | 16,127 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 pineapples — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Pineapples — area harvested in Madagascar was 15,899 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 16,127 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for pineapples — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 14th out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. 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 Pineapples — 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.