Potatoes — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Potatoes — Area harvested was 41,109 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 41,109 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 49,965 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 11,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 57th out of 153 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.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 12,815 ha | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 12,915 ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 13,305 ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 13,690 ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 13,910 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 14,095 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 14,810 ha | +5.1% |
| 1971 | 20,400 ha | +37.7% |
| 1972 | 27,885 ha | +36.7% |
| 1973 | 24,950 ha | -10.5% |
| 1974 | 24,080 ha | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 21,060 ha | -12.5% |
| 1976 | 21,760 ha | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 21,770 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 29,950 ha | +37.6% |
| 1979 | 30,195 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 29,145 ha | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 26,350 ha | -9.6% |
| 1982 | 29,250 ha | +11.0% |
| 1983 | 32,465 ha | +11.0% |
| 1984 | 33,935 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 40,775 ha | +20.2% |
| 1986 | 40,800 ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 41,220 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 41,760 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 38,900 ha | -6.8% |
| 1990 | 39,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 48,765 ha | +25.0% |
| 1992 | 48,620 ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 49,620 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 46,200 ha | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 48,370 ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 48,980 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 48,800 ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 48,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 49,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 49,205 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 49,405 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 49,655 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 49,965 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 49,965 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 36,654 ha | -26.6% |
| 2006 | 36,990 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 36,510 ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 36,830 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 37,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 38,145 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 38,727 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 38,895 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 39,079 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 39,767 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 40,151 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 40,949 ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 41,875 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 43,013 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 41,734 ha | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 41,366 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 41,380 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 41,744 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 41,233 ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 41,109 ha | -0.3% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 41,109 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 41,532 ha, 99% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 41,109 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 2.9× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +37.7% | 14,810 ha | 20,400 ha |
| 1978 | +37.6% | 21,770 ha | 29,950 ha |
| 1972 | +36.7% | 20,400 ha | 27,885 ha |
| 2005 | -26.6% | 49,965 ha | 36,654 ha |
| 1991 | +25.0% | 39,000 ha | 48,765 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,859 ha | 11,000 ha | 14,095 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,686 ha | 14,810 ha | 30,195 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,460 ha | 26,350 ha | 41,760 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,616 ha | 39,000 ha | 49,620 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,268 ha | 36,510 ha | 49,965 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,234 ha | 38,145 ha | 43,013 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,366 ha | 41,109 ha | 41,744 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 potatoes — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Madagascar was 41,109 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 49,965 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 57th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. 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 Potatoes — 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.