Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested was 1,611 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Madagascar is 1,611 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 1,627 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 150 ha, in 1961.
Madagascar ranks 22nd of 93 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300 ha | +100.0% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 540 ha | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 545 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 550 ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 570 ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 724 ha | +27.0% |
| 1982 | 724 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 760 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 860 ha | +13.2% |
| 1985 | 950 ha | +10.5% |
| 1986 | 970 ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 1,020 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 1,040 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 1,060 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 1,040 ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 1,060 ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 1,073 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 1,000 ha | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 1,050 ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 1,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 1,105 ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1,136 ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 1,129 ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 1,122 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,198 ha | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 1,221 ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 1,259 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 1,246 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 1,271 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 1,291 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 1,312 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 1,333 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 1,354 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 1,376 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 1,398 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 1,500 ha | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,508 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 1,508 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,534 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 1,559 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1,583 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 1,607 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 1,627 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 1,606 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 1,613 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,615 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,611 ha | -0.2% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 1,611 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,236 ha, 1.3× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 1,611 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 982 ha, 1.6× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pomelos and grapefruits — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +100.0% | 150 ha | 300 ha |
| 1968 | +33.3% | 300 ha | 400 ha |
| 1981 | +27.0% | 570 ha | 724 ha |
| 1971 | +25.0% | 400 ha | 500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 238.89 ha | 150 ha | 400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 503.5 ha | 400 ha | 550 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 861.8 ha | 570 ha | 1,040 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,075 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,136 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,261 ha | 1,122 ha | 1,354 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,507 ha | 1,376 ha | 1,607 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,614 ha | 1,606 ha | 1,627 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 19 Costa Rica 2,667 ha compare
- 20 Mozambique 2,582 ha compare
- 21 Côte d'Ivoire 4,590 ha compare
- 21 Jamaica 1,669 ha compare
- 23 Israel 1,591 ha compare
- 24 Honduras 1,427 ha compare
- 25 Cuba 1,341 ha compare
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 pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Madagascar was 1,611 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1,627 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 22nd out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. 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 Pomelos and grapefruits — 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.