Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Madagascar
Madagascar: Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita was 0.0406 t per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Madagascar is 0.0406 t per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Madagascar peaked at 0.0597 t per person in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0.0273 t per person, in 2003.
Madagascar ranks 9th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0578 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0539 t per person | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 0.0597 t per person | +10.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0596 t per person | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0586 t per person | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 0.0583 t per person | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0582 t per person | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0576 t per person | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0566 t per person | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0524 t per person | -7.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0477 t per person | -9.0% |
| 1972 | 0.044 t per person | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0338 t per person | -23.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0356 t per person | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0361 t per person | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0592 t per person | +64.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0472 t per person | -20.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0383 t per person | -18.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0417 t per person | +8.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0414 t per person | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.043 t per person | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0373 t per person | -13.3% |
| 1983 | 0.047 t per person | +26.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0456 t per person | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0431 t per person | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0435 t per person | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.0423 t per person | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0411 t per person | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0413 t per person | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0403 t per person | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0393 t per person | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0353 t per person | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0379 t per person | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0411 t per person | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 0.032 t per person | -22.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0345 t per person | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 0.034 t per person | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0329 t per person | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0325 t per person | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.031 t per person | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0308 t per person | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0281 t per person | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0273 t per person | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0291 t per person | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0459 t per person | +57.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0449 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 0.044 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0431 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0423 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0414 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0483 t per person | +16.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0469 t per person | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0463 t per person | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0461 t per person | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0415 t per person | -9.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0427 t per person | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0386 t per person | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0396 t per person | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0394 t per person | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0418 t per person | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0448 t per person | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0427 t per person | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0417 t per person | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0406 t per person | -2.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production, 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 | +64.1% | 0.0361 t per person | 0.0592 t per person |
| 2005 | +57.3% | 0.0291 t per person | 0.0459 t per person |
| 1983 | +26.3% | 0.0373 t per person | 0.047 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0578 t per person | 0.0539 t per person | 0.0597 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0436 t per person | 0.0338 t per person | 0.0592 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0426 t per person | 0.0373 t per person | 0.047 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.036 t per person | 0.032 t per person | 0.0411 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0367 t per person | 0.0273 t per person | 0.0459 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0431 t per person | 0.0386 t per person | 0.0483 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0423 t per person | 0.0406 t per person | 0.0448 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
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 — production, per capita in Madagascar?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Madagascar was 0.0406 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0597 t per person in 1963.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0273 t per person in 2003.
- How does Madagascar rank for sweet potatoes — production, per capita?
- Madagascar ranks 9th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per capita rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. 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 — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production 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 — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production 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 — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.