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 6th out of 26 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.
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 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture share gdp 21.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
- Rural population 67.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 21.97 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.26 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 399,940 t (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 6th out of 26 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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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.