Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Madagascar
Madagascar: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0047 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Madagascar stood at 0.0047 ha per person. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Madagascar peaked at 0.0114 ha per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0047 ha per person, in 2024.
Madagascar ranks 12th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0114 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0111 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0096 ha per person | -13.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0095 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0094 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0092 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0091 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 0.009 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0089 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0091 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0087 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0092 ha per person | +6.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0073 ha per person | -20.7% |
| 1974 | 0.008 ha per person | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 0.0078 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0099 ha per person | +27.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0089 ha per person | -10.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0083 ha per person | -6.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0089 ha per person | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0085 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0092 ha per person | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 0.009 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0098 ha per person | +8.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0096 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0087 ha per person | -9.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0087 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0084 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0079 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0078 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0075 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0078 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0066 ha per person | -14.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0074 ha per person | +11.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0076 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0054 ha per person | -29.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0059 ha per person | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0061 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0061 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0057 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0055 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0054 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0054 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0059 ha per person | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0057 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0065 ha per person | +13.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0062 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 0.006 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0061 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0059 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0057 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0066 ha per person | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0062 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 0.006 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0059 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0053 ha per person | -11.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0053 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0048 ha per person | -10.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0048 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0048 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.005 ha per person | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0053 ha per person | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 0.005 ha per person | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0049 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0047 ha per person | -3.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +27.3% | 0.0078 ha per person | 0.0099 ha per person |
| 1995 | -29.0% | 0.0076 ha per person | 0.0054 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0097 ha per person | 0.0089 ha per person | 0.0114 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0086 ha per person | 0.0073 ha per person | 0.0099 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0088 ha per person | 0.0078 ha per person | 0.0098 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0066 ha per person | 0.0054 ha per person | 0.0078 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0058 ha per person | 0.0054 ha per person | 0.0065 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0055 ha per person | 0.0048 ha per person | 0.0066 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.005 ha per person | 0.0047 ha per person | 0.0053 ha per person | 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Madagascar?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Madagascar was 0.0047 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0114 ha per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0047 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Madagascar rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Madagascar ranks 12th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.