Plums and sloes — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Plums and sloes — Yield was 4,890 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — yield in Madagascar stood at 4,890 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Madagascar peaked at 5,358 kg/ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 3,672 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Madagascar 60th out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,167 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,255 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 4,194 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 4,194 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,286 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 4,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,231 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 4,118 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 4,222 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 4,210 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 4,241 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 5,078 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1975 | 5,358 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 4,054 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1977 | 3,952 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 4,098 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 4,268 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 3,904 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 4,150 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 4,000 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 3,825 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 3,672 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 3,750 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 3,714 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 3,784 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 4,054 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 4,079 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 4,000 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 4,079 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 4,000 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 4,146 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 3,750 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1995 | 4,020 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 4,146 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 4,286 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 4,262 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 4,311 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 4,348 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 4,326 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 4,355 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 4,382 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 4,408 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 4,425 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 4,419 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 4,444 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 4,552 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 4,607 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 4,661 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 4,712 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 4,889 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 4,778 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 4,792 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 4,851 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 4,860 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 4,907 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 4,949 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 4,986 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 5,021 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 4,932 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 4,938 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 4,924 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 4,890 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 4,890 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,497 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,216 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha | 4,286 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,360 kg/ha | 3,952 kg/ha | 5,358 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,893 kg/ha | 3,672 kg/ha | 4,150 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,100 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha | 4,311 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,427 kg/ha | 4,326 kg/ha | 4,607 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,838 kg/ha | 4,661 kg/ha | 4,986 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,941 kg/ha | 4,890 kg/ha | 5,021 kg/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 plums and sloes — yield in Madagascar?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Madagascar was 4,890 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 5,358 kg/ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,672 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Madagascar rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 60th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. 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 Plums and sloes — Yield. 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.