Rice — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Rice — Area harvested was 2.04 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 2.04 million ha for rice — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 66.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 2.04 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 804,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 13th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 804,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 857,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1963 | 850,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 854,760 ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 848,990 ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 962,960 ha | +13.4% |
| 1967 | 981,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 1.01 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 980,350 ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 997,050 ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 997,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1.02 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 1.05 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 1.06 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 1.08 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 1.06 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 1.18 million ha | +10.5% |
| 1978 | 1.13 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 1.16 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 1.20 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 1.19 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 1.19 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 1.19 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 1.17 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 1.18 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 1.19 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 1.10 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1988 | 1.11 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 1.15 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 1.17 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 1.14 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 1.17 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 1.23 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 1.14 million ha | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 1.15 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 1.14 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 1.18 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 1.20 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 1.21 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 1.21 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1.21 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1.22 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1.22 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1.24 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 1.25 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 1.26 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 1.27 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 1.28 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 1.30 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 1.31 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.18 million ha | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 1.25 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 1.01 million ha | -18.7% |
| 2014 | 1.22 million ha | +20.6% |
| 2015 | 1.13 million ha | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 1.26 million ha | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 1.25 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.48 million ha | +18.6% |
| 2019 | 1.60 million ha | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 1.67 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 1.60 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 1.58 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 2.04 million ha | +28.5% |
| 2024 | 2.04 million ha | +0.3% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 2.04 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 114,310 ha, 17.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 2.04 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 23.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +28.5% | 1.58 million ha | 2.04 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 905,284 ha | 804,000 ha | 1.01 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.07 million ha | 997,050 ha | 1.18 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.17 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 1.20 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.17 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.25 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.27 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.60 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.79 million ha | 1.58 million ha | 2.04 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 485,000 ha compare
- 10 Pakistan 3.90 million ha compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 209,368 ha compare
- 11 Cambodia 3.90 million ha compare
- 12 Guinea 2.43 million ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 136,352 ha compare
- 13 Türkiye 128,904 ha compare
- 14 Brazil 1.59 million ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 28,574 ha compare
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 811,177 ha compare
- 15 Japan 1.46 million ha compare
- 15 Melanesia 4,751 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 99 ha compare
- 16 Nepal 1.42 million ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 99 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 rice — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Rice — area harvested in Madagascar was 2.04 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 2.04 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 804,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for rice — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 13th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.8%. 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 Rice — 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.