Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,056 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 1,056 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Madagascar peaked at 2,292 kg/ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 633.8 kg/ha, in 2006.
That places Madagascar 57th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,600 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,557 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 1,869 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1964 | 1,621 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1965 | 1,582 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 1,324 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1967 | 1,657 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1968 | 1,595 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1969 | 1,827 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1970 | 1,893 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 2,009 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 1,989 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 2,292 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1974 | 2,069 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1975 | 1,917 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 1,983 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 1,817 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 1,490 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1979 | 1,703 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 1,366 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1981 | 1,496 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1982 | 1,460 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 1,324 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1984 | 1,470 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1985 | 1,297 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1986 | 1,168 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1987 | 1,224 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 1,160 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 1,430 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1990 | 1,189 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1991 | 1,207 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 1,022 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1993 | 1,338 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 1994 | 1,274 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 1,069 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1996 | 1,108 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 1,724 kg/ha | +55.5% |
| 1998 | 1,838 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 1,648 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2000 | 960.8 kg/ha | -41.7% |
| 2001 | 935.5 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 674.4 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 2003 | 762.6 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2004 | 812.1 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 1,324 kg/ha | +63.1% |
| 2006 | 633.8 kg/ha | -52.1% |
| 2007 | 720.5 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2008 | 782.2 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 694.4 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2010 | 875 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2011 | 953.3 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 1,033 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 1,100 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 1,154 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 1,052 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 1,047 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,067 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 1,025 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 1,060 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 1,043 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 1,064 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 1,050 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 1,052 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,056 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 1,056 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 978.1 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 1,056 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 972 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,626 kg/ha | 1,324 kg/ha | 1,869 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,916 kg/ha | 1,490 kg/ha | 2,292 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,340 kg/ha | 1,160 kg/ha | 1,496 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,342 kg/ha | 1,022 kg/ha | 1,838 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 830.05 kg/ha | 633.8 kg/ha | 1,324 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,037 kg/ha | 875 kg/ha | 1,154 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,053 kg/ha | 1,043 kg/ha | 1,064 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 54 Albania 1,108 kg/ha compare
- 55 Guinea-Bissau 1,108 kg/ha compare
- 56 Sudan (former) 1,099 kg/ha compare
- 58 Turkmenistan 1,035 kg/ha compare
- 59 Mali 1,027 kg/ha compare
- 60 China, Taiwan Province of 1,000 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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Madagascar?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Madagascar was 1,056 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 2,292 kg/ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 633.8 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Madagascar rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 57th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.