Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 31,318 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Madagascar stood at 31,318 kg/ha.
The figure is down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Madagascar peaked at 57,073 kg/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 28,112 kg/ha, in 1984.
Madagascar ranks 122nd of 152 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49,294 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,000 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 56,389 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1964 | 55,503 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 53,563 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1966 | 53,257 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 49,672 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 48,232 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 55,341 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1970 | 54,948 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 57,073 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 35,083 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 1973 | 36,733 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 47,158 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1975 | 40,057 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1976 | 37,703 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 39,352 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 40,908 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 39,679 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 34,706 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 34,189 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 29,548 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1983 | 28,392 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 28,112 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 29,562 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 32,773 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1987 | 33,287 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 33,083 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 32,410 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 30,864 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 30,612 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 51,213 kg/ha | +67.3% |
| 1993 | 33,107 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 1994 | 33,216 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 32,002 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 32,282 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 32,727 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 33,030 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 32,537 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 32,508 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 32,583 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 32,584 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 32,585 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 32,143 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 32,617 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 32,816 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 31,707 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 31,646 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 31,579 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 31,922 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 32,038 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 32,158 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 32,094 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 31,650 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 31,755 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 31,547 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 31,448 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 31,400 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 31,328 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 31,276 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 31,334 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 31,312 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 31,307 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 31,318 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 31,318 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 42,586 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 31,318 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +67.3% | 30,612 kg/ha | 51,213 kg/ha |
| 1972 | -38.5% | 57,073 kg/ha | 35,083 kg/ha |
| 1993 | -35.4% | 51,213 kg/ha | 33,107 kg/ha |
| 1974 | +28.4% | 36,733 kg/ha | 47,158 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,361 kg/ha | 48,232 kg/ha | 56,389 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 42,869 kg/ha | 35,083 kg/ha | 57,073 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,606 kg/ha | 28,112 kg/ha | 34,706 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,159 kg/ha | 30,612 kg/ha | 51,213 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,277 kg/ha | 31,579 kg/ha | 32,816 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,734 kg/ha | 31,328 kg/ha | 32,158 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,309 kg/ha | 31,276 kg/ha | 31,334 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 sugar crops primary — yield in Madagascar?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Madagascar was 31,318 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 57,073 kg/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,112 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Madagascar rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 122nd out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — 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.