Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 552,781 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Madagascar stood at 552,781 ha.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 698,050 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 242,000 ha, in 1963.
That places Madagascar 18th out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 244,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 249,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 242,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 242,925 ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 253,495 ha | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 251,020 ha | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 255,590 ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 260,990 ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 269,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 274,520 ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 289,895 ha | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 301,965 ha | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 281,275 ha | -6.9% |
| 1974 | 287,330 ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 298,895 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 328,995 ha | +10.1% |
| 1977 | 317,080 ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 384,180 ha | +21.2% |
| 1979 | 385,790 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 395,210 ha | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 411,625 ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 441,565 ha | +7.3% |
| 1983 | 470,710 ha | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 481,450 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 496,645 ha | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 508,410 ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 459,190 ha | -9.7% |
| 1988 | 480,990 ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 489,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 491,600 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 510,564 ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 492,722 ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 514,570 ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 521,200 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 496,070 ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 507,880 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 522,800 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 528,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 520,600 ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 521,960 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 523,630 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 528,490 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 541,515 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 542,990 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 584,346 ha | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 587,640 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 591,240 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 594,984 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 604,020 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 608,807 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 697,953 ha | +14.6% |
| 2012 | 698,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 623,891 ha | -10.6% |
| 2014 | 600,746 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 558,339 ha | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 560,547 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 536,382 ha | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 539,582 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 593,281 ha | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 560,353 ha | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 563,136 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 550,597 ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 548,649 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 552,781 ha | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 252,063 ha | 242,000 ha | 269,550 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 314,992 ha | 274,520 ha | 385,790 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 463,480 ha | 395,210 ha | 508,410 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 510,681 ha | 491,600 ha | 528,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 562,082 ha | 521,960 ha | 604,020 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 601,758 ha | 536,382 ha | 698,050 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 555,103 ha | 548,649 ha | 563,136 ha | 5 |
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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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Madagascar was 552,781 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 698,050 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 242,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Madagascar rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 18th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.