Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 133,502 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 133,502 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 137,931 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 61,307 ha, in 1981.
Madagascar ranks 60th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 67,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 68,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 70,805 ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 71,200 ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 68,810 ha | -3.4% |
| 1966 | 69,025 ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 70,685 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 72,265 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 75,820 ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 73,700 ha | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 80,775 ha | +9.6% |
| 1972 | 77,547 ha | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 71,070 ha | -8.4% |
| 1974 | 75,470 ha | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 85,542 ha | +13.3% |
| 1976 | 84,237 ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 73,035 ha | -13.3% |
| 1978 | 64,075 ha | -12.3% |
| 1979 | 69,255 ha | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 62,984 ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 61,307 ha | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 62,694 ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 64,680 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 62,609 ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 65,090 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 73,845 ha | +13.5% |
| 1987 | 67,650 ha | -8.4% |
| 1988 | 64,100 ha | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 64,350 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 65,159 ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 95,047 ha | +45.9% |
| 1992 | 101,663 ha | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 104,121 ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 93,397 ha | -10.3% |
| 1995 | 99,531 ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 99,381 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 105,541 ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 106,598 ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 101,131 ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 100,660 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 100,755 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 101,050 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 101,504 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 102,068 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 102,553 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 104,613 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 106,986 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 107,019 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 107,563 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 109,188 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 109,628 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 111,193 ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 110,527 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 117,633 ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 124,150 ha | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 123,433 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 127,312 ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 133,869 ha | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 112,161 ha | -16.2% |
| 2020 | 113,577 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 129,300 ha | +13.8% |
| 2022 | 120,503 ha | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 137,931 ha | +14.5% |
| 2024 | 133,502 ha | -3.2% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 133,502 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 244,843 ha, 55% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 133,502 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 161,940 ha, 82% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +45.9% | 65,159 ha | 95,047 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70,479 ha | 67,300 ha | 75,820 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 75,471 ha | 64,075 ha | 85,542 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 64,931 ha | 61,307 ha | 73,845 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 97,157 ha | 65,159 ha | 106,598 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 103,477 ha | 100,660 ha | 107,563 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 117,909 ha | 109,188 ha | 133,869 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 126,963 ha | 113,577 ha | 137,931 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Madagascar was 133,502 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 137,931 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 61,307 ha in 1981.
- How does Madagascar rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 60th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.