Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 484 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — area harvested in Madagascar is 484 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 1,790 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 247 ha, in 1981.
Madagascar ranks 62nd of 90 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 470 ha | -21.7% |
| 1965 | 620 ha | +31.9% |
| 1966 | 620 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 700 ha | +12.9% |
| 1968 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 780 ha | +11.4% |
| 1970 | 850 ha | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 1,080 ha | +13.7% |
| 1974 | 1,160 ha | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 1,145 ha | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 1,390 ha | +21.4% |
| 1977 | 1,790 ha | +28.8% |
| 1978 | 1,680 ha | -6.1% |
| 1979 | 1,695 ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 1,400 ha | -17.4% |
| 1981 | 247 ha | -82.4% |
| 1982 | 265 ha | +7.3% |
| 1983 | 285 ha | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 305 ha | +7.0% |
| 1985 | 320 ha | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 350 ha | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 370 ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 380 ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 380 ha | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 410 ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 400 ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 398 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 410 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 420 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 421 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 441 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 414 ha | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 419 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 420 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 422 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 426 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 431 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 430 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 450 ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 448 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 450 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 452 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 453 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 450 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 456 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 461 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 466 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 468 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 470 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 473 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 476 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 478 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 480 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 482 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 484 ha | +0.4% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 484 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 233 ha, 2.1× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | -82.4% | 1,400 ha | 247 ha |
| 1965 | +31.9% | 470 ha | 620 ha |
| 1977 | +28.8% | 1,390 ha | 1,790 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 632.22 ha | 470 ha | 780 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,264 ha | 850 ha | 1,790 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 429.2 ha | 247 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 408 ha | 380 ha | 441 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 431 ha | 414 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 459.9 ha | 450 ha | 473 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 480 ha | 476 ha | 484 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
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 plums and sloes — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Madagascar was 484 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1,790 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 247 ha in 1981.
- How does Madagascar rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 62nd out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plums and sloes — 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.