Rice — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Rice — Yield was 2,435 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Madagascar is 2,435 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Madagascar peaked at 3,650 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,658 kg/ha, in 1982.
That places Madagascar 83rd out of 114 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.
Rice — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,822 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,811 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 1,834 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 1,928 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 1,872 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 1,664 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 1,739 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 1,781 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 1,881 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 1,952 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 1,898 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 1,890 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 1,817 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 1,893 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 1,829 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 1,920 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 1,759 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1978 | 1,696 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 1,758 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 1,759 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,697 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1982 | 1,658 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 1,806 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1984 | 1,821 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 1,840 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 1,878 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 1,984 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 1,934 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 2,077 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 2,077 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 2,055 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 2,087 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 2,078 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 2,069 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 2,130 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 2,193 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 2,174 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 2,034 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 2,128 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 2,051 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 2,196 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 2,141 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 2,296 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 2,448 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 2,714 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2006 | 2,767 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 2,827 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 3,050 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 3,506 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2010 | 3,625 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 3,643 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 3,650 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 3,561 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 3,252 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 3,292 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 3,019 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 2,886 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 2,723 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 2,443 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 2,525 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 2,857 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2022 | 3,077 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 2,515 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2024 | 2,435 kg/ha | -3.2% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 2,435 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 2,435 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,815 kg/ha | 1,664 kg/ha | 1,928 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,841 kg/ha | 1,696 kg/ha | 1,952 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,845 kg/ha | 1,658 kg/ha | 2,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,103 kg/ha | 2,034 kg/ha | 2,193 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,599 kg/ha | 2,051 kg/ha | 3,506 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,209 kg/ha | 2,443 kg/ha | 3,650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,682 kg/ha | 2,435 kg/ha | 3,077 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 80 Gabon 2,800 kg/ha compare
- 81 Eswatini 2,714 kg/ha compare
- 82 Haiti 2,618 kg/ha compare
- 84 Brunei Darussalam 2,418 kg/ha compare
- 85 Saudi Arabia 2,404 kg/ha compare
- 86 Burkina Faso 2,230 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 rice — yield in Madagascar?
- Rice — yield in Madagascar was 2,435 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 3,650 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,658 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Madagascar rank for rice — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 83rd out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.1%. 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 — 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.