Pulses, Total — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Pulses, Total — Yield was 1,133 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 1,133 kg/ha for pulses, total — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Madagascar peaked at 1,139 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 709.1 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Madagascar 93rd out of 169 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.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 852.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 709.1 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1963 | 778.9 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1964 | 799.9 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 763.6 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1966 | 751.1 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 796.8 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 852.7 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1969 | 843.9 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 844.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 855.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 838.8 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 861.6 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 867.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 833.5 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 925.7 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 852.3 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1978 | 840.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 868.9 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 850.4 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 789.8 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1982 | 817.2 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 821.1 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 867.8 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 785.1 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1986 | 793.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 836.1 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 864.3 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 864.2 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 838.8 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 945.2 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1992 | 907.2 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 892 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 864.1 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 966.6 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 959.4 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 916.4 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 925.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 1,000 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 928.9 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 938.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 890.5 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 936.8 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 890.6 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 1,066 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2006 | 1,073 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,075 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,078 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1,082 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1,075 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1,082 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1,098 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 1,101 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,105 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,107 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,114 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,096 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 1,088 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 1,099 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1,137 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 1,139 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,136 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,133 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,133 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 1,133 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 726.7 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 1,133 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 715.4 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 794.32 kg/ha | 709.1 kg/ha | 852.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 858.81 kg/ha | 833.5 kg/ha | 925.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 828.97 kg/ha | 785.1 kg/ha | 867.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 921.6 kg/ha | 838.8 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 995.94 kg/ha | 890.5 kg/ha | 1,082 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,096 kg/ha | 1,075 kg/ha | 1,114 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,136 kg/ha | 1,133 kg/ha | 1,139 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 90 Brazil 1,138 kg/ha compare
- 91 Dominican Republic 1,136 kg/ha compare
- 92 Jamaica 1,136 kg/ha compare
- 94 Indonesia 1,124 kg/ha compare
- 94 South Africa 1,124 kg/ha compare
- 96 Solomon Islands 1,096 kg/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 pulses, total — yield in Madagascar?
- Pulses, total — yield in Madagascar was 1,133 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1,139 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 709.1 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Madagascar rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 93rd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. 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 — 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.