Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Madagascar
Madagascar: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.2613 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Madagascar, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Madagascar stood at 0.2613 ha per square kilometre.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Madagascar peaked at 0.27 ha per square kilometre in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0911 ha per square kilometre, in 1963.
That places Madagascar 21st out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1032 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.1032 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0911 ha per square kilometre | -11.7% |
| 1964 | 0.0923 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0937 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0948 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0965 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 0.098 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0993 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 0.1044 ha per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1971 | 0.1024 ha per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 0.112 ha per square kilometre | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0915 ha per square kilometre | -18.3% |
| 1974 | 0.1029 ha per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 0.1037 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.136 ha per square kilometre | +31.2% |
| 1977 | 0.1257 ha per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 0.1208 ha per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 0.1336 ha per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 1980 | 0.1321 ha per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.1474 ha per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1982 | 0.1486 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.1659 ha per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1984 | 0.1669 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.1561 ha per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 0.161 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 0.1587 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.1547 ha per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 0.1568 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.1565 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.1668 ha per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 0.1463 ha per square kilometre | -12.3% |
| 1993 | 0.1684 ha per square kilometre | +15.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1788 ha per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 0.131 ha per square kilometre | -26.7% |
| 1996 | 0.1479 ha per square kilometre | +12.9% |
| 1997 | 0.1565 ha per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 0.1616 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 0.1582 ha per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.1565 ha per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.1569 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.1625 ha per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.1818 ha per square kilometre | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 0.1818 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2131 ha per square kilometre | +17.2% |
| 2006 | 0.2105 ha per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.2113 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.2178 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.2184 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.2193 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2578 ha per square kilometre | +17.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2509 ha per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 0.2504 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2524 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.2299 ha per square kilometre | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 0.2386 ha per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 0.2191 ha per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2282 ha per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 0.231 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.249 ha per square kilometre | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 0.27 ha per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 0.2629 ha per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.2613 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 | +31.2% | 0.1037 ha per square kilometre | 0.136 ha per square kilometre |
| 1995 | -26.7% | 0.1788 ha per square kilometre | 0.131 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0969 ha per square kilometre | 0.0911 ha per square kilometre | 0.1032 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1133 ha per square kilometre | 0.0915 ha per square kilometre | 0.136 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1548 ha per square kilometre | 0.1321 ha per square kilometre | 0.1669 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1572 ha per square kilometre | 0.131 ha per square kilometre | 0.1788 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1911 ha per square kilometre | 0.1565 ha per square kilometre | 0.2184 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2378 ha per square kilometre | 0.2191 ha per square kilometre | 0.2578 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2608 ha per square kilometre | 0.249 ha per square kilometre | 0.27 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 18 Guinea-Bissau 0.2953 ha per square kilometre compare
- 19 Jamaica 0.2837 ha per square kilometre compare
- 20 Solomon Islands 0.2786 ha per square kilometre compare
- 22 China 0.2474 ha per square kilometre compare
- 23 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2462 ha per square kilometre compare
- 24 Barbados 0.2326 ha per square kilometre 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Madagascar?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Madagascar was 0.2613 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.27 ha per square kilometre in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0911 ha per square kilometre in 1963.
- How does Madagascar rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Madagascar ranks 21st out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.