Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 150,429 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 150,429 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 157,103 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 53,000 ha, in 1963.
That places Madagascar 8th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 53,000 ha | -11.7% |
| 1964 | 53,695 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 54,465 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 55,135 ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 56,090 ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 56,990 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 57,750 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 60,715 ha | +5.1% |
| 1971 | 59,555 ha | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 65,145 ha | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 53,215 ha | -18.3% |
| 1974 | 59,845 ha | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 60,285 ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 79,105 ha | +31.2% |
| 1977 | 73,105 ha | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 70,225 ha | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 77,710 ha | +10.7% |
| 1980 | 76,825 ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 85,745 ha | +11.6% |
| 1982 | 86,430 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 96,450 ha | +11.6% |
| 1984 | 97,065 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 90,805 ha | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 93,615 ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 92,270 ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 89,960 ha | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 91,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 91,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 97,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 85,101 ha | -12.3% |
| 1993 | 97,925 ha | +15.1% |
| 1994 | 104,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 76,200 ha | -26.7% |
| 1996 | 86,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 1997 | 91,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 94,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 92,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 91,025 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 91,240 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 94,490 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 105,735 ha | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 105,735 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 123,913 ha | +17.2% |
| 2006 | 122,400 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 122,855 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 126,669 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 127,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 127,534 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 149,982 ha | +17.6% |
| 2012 | 145,997 ha | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 145,696 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 146,856 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 133,740 ha | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 138,813 ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 127,463 ha | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 132,764 ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 134,398 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 144,887 ha | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 157,103 ha | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 152,949 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 151,996 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 150,429 ha | -1.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 150,429 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 38,904 ha, 3.9× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 150,429 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 5.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +31.2% | 60,285 ha | 79,105 ha |
| 1995 | -26.7% | 104,000 ha | 76,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,347 ha | 53,000 ha | 60,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,890 ha | 53,215 ha | 79,105 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 90,036 ha | 76,825 ha | 97,065 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 91,423 ha | 76,200 ha | 104,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 111,106 ha | 91,025 ha | 127,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 138,324 ha | 127,463 ha | 149,982 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 151,473 ha | 144,887 ha | 157,103 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 5 Uganda 221,783 ha compare
- 6 Angola 200,311 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 153,788 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 124,893 ha compare
- 7 Rwanda 179,717 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 80,807 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 42,159 ha compare
- 9 Papua New Guinea 142,854 ha compare
- 10 India 111,866 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,946 ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 100,470 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 1,927 ha 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 in Madagascar?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Madagascar was 150,429 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 157,103 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 53,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Madagascar rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 8th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.