Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Sisal, raw — Area harvested was 13,899 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 13,899 ha for sisal, raw — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sisal, raw — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 28,255 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 9,300 ha, in 1992.
That places Madagascar 4th out of 24 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 23,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 26,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 1964 | 25,880 ha | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 25,020 ha | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 23,465 ha | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 23,270 ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 23,140 ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 24,125 ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 22,800 ha | -5.5% |
| 1971 | 20,600 ha | -9.6% |
| 1972 | 21,900 ha | +6.3% |
| 1973 | 21,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 23,330 ha | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 28,255 ha | +21.1% |
| 1976 | 22,275 ha | -21.2% |
| 1977 | 22,275 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 22,275 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 22,275 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 11,850 ha | -46.8% |
| 1981 | 11,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 16,400 ha | +38.4% |
| 1983 | 16,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 16,600 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 16,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 17,600 ha | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 17,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 16,800 ha | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 18,500 ha | +10.1% |
| 1990 | 27,000 ha | +45.9% |
| 1991 | 13,900 ha | -48.5% |
| 1992 | 9,300 ha | -33.1% |
| 1993 | 15,000 ha | +61.3% |
| 1994 | 14,300 ha | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 14,100 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 14,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 14,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 14,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 14,250 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 14,300 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 14,350 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 14,400 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 14,450 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 14,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 14,500 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 14,550 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 14,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 14,500 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 14,207 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 14,118 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 13,992 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 13,966 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 13,940 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 14,155 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 14,191 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 14,135 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 14,144 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 14,113 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 14,095 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 14,074 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 14,044 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 13,913 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 13,906 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 13,899 ha | -0.1% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 13,899 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,044 ha, 13.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 13,899 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,221 ha, 11.4× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sisal, raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +61.3% | 9,300 ha | 15,000 ha |
| 1991 | -48.5% | 27,000 ha | 13,900 ha |
| 1980 | -46.8% | 22,275 ha | 11,850 ha |
| 1990 | +45.9% | 18,500 ha | 27,000 ha |
| 1982 | +38.4% | 11,850 ha | 16,400 ha |
| 1992 | -33.1% | 13,900 ha | 9,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,878 ha | 21,000 ha | 26,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,788 ha | 20,600 ha | 28,255 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,050 ha | 11,850 ha | 18,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,015 ha | 9,300 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,426 ha | 14,207 ha | 14,550 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,085 ha | 13,940 ha | 14,191 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,967 ha | 13,899 ha | 14,074 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 1 Brazil 98,063 ha compare
- 2 Kenya 33,058 ha compare
- 2 United Republic of Tanzania 81,035 ha compare
- 3 Haiti 22,075 ha compare
- 5 Mexico 7,350 ha compare
- 6 Morocco 4,547 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 607 ha compare
- 7 China 2,652 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 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 sisal, raw — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Sisal, raw — area harvested in Madagascar was 13,899 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sisal, raw — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 28,255 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest sisal, raw — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,300 ha in 1992.
- How does Madagascar rank for sisal, raw — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 4th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sisal, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. 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 Sisal, raw — 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.