Sorghum — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Sorghum — Area harvested was 2,447 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Madagascar stood at 2,447 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 5,270 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 375 ha, in 1977.
Madagascar ranks 80th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,180 ha | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 3,700 ha | -28.6% |
| 1971 | 4,460 ha | +20.5% |
| 1972 | 5,270 ha | +18.2% |
| 1973 | 1,680 ha | -68.1% |
| 1974 | 2,575 ha | +53.3% |
| 1975 | 3,095 ha | +20.2% |
| 1976 | 905 ha | -70.8% |
| 1977 | 375 ha | -58.6% |
| 1978 | 2,490 ha | +564.0% |
| 1979 | 2,515 ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 3,545 ha | +41.0% |
| 1981 | 2,695 ha | -24.0% |
| 1982 | 3,125 ha | +16.0% |
| 1983 | 3,215 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 2,515 ha | -21.8% |
| 1985 | 2,300 ha | -8.5% |
| 1986 | 2,345 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 2,360 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | -15.3% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,039 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 1,564 ha | -23.3% |
| 1992 | 1,554 ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 1,587 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 1,641 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 1,615 ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 1,638 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 1,661 ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 1,686 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 1,713 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1,578 ha | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 1,773 ha | +12.4% |
| 2002 | 1,855 ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 1,905 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 1,943 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 1,966 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 1,988 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 2,172 ha | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 1,806 ha | -16.9% |
| 2009 | 2,019 ha | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 1,994 ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 2,030 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 2,300 ha | +13.3% |
| 2013 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 2,310 ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 2,329 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 2,360 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 2,404 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 2,440 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 2,472 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 2,439 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 2,450 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,453 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,447 ha | -0.2% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 2,447 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 260,000 ha, 1% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 2,447 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 1% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +564.0% | 375 ha | 2,490 ha |
| 1976 | -70.8% | 3,095 ha | 905 ha |
| 1973 | -68.1% | 5,270 ha | 1,680 ha |
| 1977 | -58.6% | 905 ha | 375 ha |
| 1974 | +53.3% | 1,680 ha | 2,575 ha |
| 1980 | +41.0% | 2,515 ha | 3,545 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,020 ha | 5,000 ha | 5,180 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,706 ha | 375 ha | 5,270 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,610 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,545 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,670 ha | 1,554 ha | 2,039 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,900 ha | 1,578 ha | 2,172 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,287 ha | 1,994 ha | 2,440 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,452 ha | 2,439 ha | 2,472 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 sorghum — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Madagascar was 2,447 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 5,270 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 375 ha in 1977.
- How does Madagascar rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 80th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. 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 Sorghum — 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.