Taro — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Taro — Area harvested was 39,102 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 39,102 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 39,102 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,895 ha, in 1977.
That places Madagascar 7th out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 12,515 ha | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 12,765 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 12,655 ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 12,950 ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 13,130 ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 13,230 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 13,615 ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 14,735 ha | +8.2% |
| 1972 | 13,780 ha | -6.5% |
| 1973 | 13,855 ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 12,125 ha | -12.5% |
| 1975 | 14,095 ha | +16.2% |
| 1976 | 12,235 ha | -13.2% |
| 1977 | 8,895 ha | -27.3% |
| 1978 | 10,685 ha | +20.1% |
| 1979 | 11,190 ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 12,205 ha | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 12,275 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 12,110 ha | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 13,250 ha | +9.4% |
| 1984 | 14,440 ha | +9.0% |
| 1985 | 14,495 ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 14,750 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 14,500 ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 16,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 1989 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 17,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 23,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 28,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 30,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 33,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 34,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 35,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 36,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 37,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 37,670 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 37,171 ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 37,313 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 37,075 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 37,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 37,800 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 37,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 37,898 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 38,061 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 38,245 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 38,442 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 38,598 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 38,745 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 38,742 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 38,889 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 38,995 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 39,102 ha | +0.3% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 39,102 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 21,875 ha, 1.8× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 39,102 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,423 ha, 2.5× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | -27.3% | 12,235 ha | 8,895 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,916 ha | 12,515 ha | 13,230 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,521 ha | 8,895 ha | 14,735 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,052 ha | 12,110 ha | 16,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,100 ha | 17,000 ha | 28,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,284 ha | 30,000 ha | 37,670 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,873 ha | 37,075 ha | 38,598 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,895 ha | 38,742 ha | 39,102 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 4 China 100,324 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 98,043 ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 42,983 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18,972 ha compare
- 6 Ethiopia 72,391 ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,414 ha compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 35,288 ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 4,375 ha compare
- 9 Côte d'Ivoire 76,400 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 29,571 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 361 ha compare
- 10 Rwanda 28,816 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 0 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 taro — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Taro — area harvested in Madagascar was 39,102 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 39,102 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,895 ha in 1977.
- How does Madagascar rank for taro — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 7th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. 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 Taro — Area harvested. 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.