Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 7,878 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 7,878 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Madagascar peaked at 7,878 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,466 kg/ha, in 2003.
That places Madagascar 156th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,676 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,711 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 6,169 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 6,190 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 6,682 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1966 | 6,210 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 6,234 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 6,505 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 6,732 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 6,398 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 6,077 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 5,787 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 5,775 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 6,002 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 6,007 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 6,321 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1977 | 6,322 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,655 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1979 | 5,684 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 5,825 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 5,604 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 5,737 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 5,934 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 5,953 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 5,938 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 6,385 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 6,543 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 6,286 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 6,414 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 6,428 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 6,234 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 6,346 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 6,326 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 6,370 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 6,582 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 6,464 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 6,442 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 6,367 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 6,631 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 6,615 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 6,742 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 6,368 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 5,466 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2004 | 5,520 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 7,337 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 2006 | 7,352 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 7,352 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 7,373 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 7,271 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 7,208 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 7,241 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 7,426 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 7,528 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 7,558 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 7,532 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 7,530 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 7,534 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 7,562 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 7,604 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 7,661 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 7,780 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 7,796 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 7,838 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 7,878 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 7,878 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,819 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 7,878 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +32.9% | 5,520 kg/ha | 7,337 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,234 kg/ha | 5,676 kg/ha | 6,732 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,003 kg/ha | 5,655 kg/ha | 6,398 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,062 kg/ha | 5,604 kg/ha | 6,543 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,419 kg/ha | 6,234 kg/ha | 6,631 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,740 kg/ha | 5,466 kg/ha | 7,373 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,472 kg/ha | 7,208 kg/ha | 7,604 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,791 kg/ha | 7,661 kg/ha | 7,878 kg/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 — yield in Madagascar?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Madagascar was 7,878 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 7,878 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,466 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Madagascar rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 156th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. 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 — Yield. 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.