Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Madagascar
Madagascar: Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production was 91,467 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Madagascar, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Madagascar is 91,467 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.6% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Madagascar peaked at 123,214 t in 1978 and was at its lowest, 16,000 t, in 2008.
Madagascar ranks 76th of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 86,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 85,000 t | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 111,000 t | +30.6% |
| 1964 | 105,000 t | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 105,002 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 109,175 t | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 96,616 t | -11.5% |
| 1968 | 98,500 t | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 107,000 t | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 102,000 t | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 99,038 t | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 110,162 t | +11.2% |
| 1973 | 105,076 t | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 121,887 t | +16.0% |
| 1975 | 120,867 t | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 114,041 t | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 116,736 t | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 123,214 t | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 116,775 t | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 116,155 t | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 112,165 t | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 87,321 t | -22.1% |
| 1983 | 104,154 t | +19.3% |
| 1984 | 79,758 t | -23.4% |
| 1985 | 101,080 t | +26.7% |
| 1986 | 100,502 t | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 107,145 t | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 121,806 t | +13.7% |
| 1989 | 120,132 t | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 117,602 t | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 96,313 t | -18.1% |
| 1992 | 97,295 t | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 104,041 t | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 86,174 t | -17.2% |
| 1995 | 97,882 t | +13.6% |
| 1996 | 106,739 t | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 86,000 t | -19.4% |
| 1998 | 88,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 86,000 t | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 70,000 t | -18.6% |
| 2001 | 52,000 t | -25.7% |
| 2002 | 32,253 t | -38.0% |
| 2003 | 25,311 t | -21.5% |
| 2004 | 24,700 t | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 27,300 t | +10.5% |
| 2006 | 20,000 t | -26.7% |
| 2007 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16,000 t | -20.0% |
| 2009 | 60,000 t | +275.0% |
| 2010 | 74,000 t | +23.3% |
| 2011 | 65,000 t | -12.2% |
| 2012 | 70,000 t | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 77,000 t | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 57,209 t | -25.7% |
| 2015 | 86,954 t | +52.0% |
| 2016 | 87,000 t | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 90,000 t | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 90,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 83,000 t | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 80,916 t | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 89,935 t | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 85,000 t | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 91,467 t | +7.6% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 91,467 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 30,000 t, 3.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 91,467 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 86,500 t, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +275.0% | 16,000 t | 60,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100,366 t | 85,000 t | 111,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 112,980 t | 99,038 t | 123,214 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 105,022 t | 79,758 t | 121,806 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,605 t | 86,000 t | 117,602 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,756 t | 16,000 t | 70,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 78,016 t | 57,209 t | 90,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 86,830 t | 80,916 t | 91,467 t | 4 |
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 raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Madagascar?
- Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Madagascar was 91,467 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 123,214 t in 1978.
- What is the lowest raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,000 t in 2008.
- How does Madagascar rank for raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production?
- Madagascar ranks 76th out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production. 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.