Taro — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Taro — Yield was 6,002 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — yield in Madagascar stood at 6,002 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Madagascar peaked at 7,341 kg/ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 6,002 kg/ha, in 2024.
Madagascar ranks 36th of 52 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,462 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,615 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 6,692 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 7,124 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 7,134 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 7,278 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 7,215 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 7,227 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 7,341 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 6,925 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 6,742 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 6,434 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 6,211 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 6,344 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 6,048 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 6,874 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1977 | 6,402 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1978 | 6,758 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 6,781 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 6,524 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 6,305 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 6,455 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 6,450 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 6,451 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,450 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,373 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 6,397 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 6,250 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 6,364 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 6,471 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 6,389 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 6,316 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 6,250 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 6,190 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 6,087 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 6,250 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 6,400 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 6,346 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 6,429 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 6,333 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 6,452 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 6,562 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 6,667 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 6,618 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 6,571 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 6,528 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 6,486 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 6,429 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 6,365 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 6,310 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 6,260 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 6,187 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 6,190 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 6,178 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 6,162 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 6,138 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 6,113 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 6,086 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 6,065 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 6,047 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 6,058 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 6,035 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 6,018 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 6,002 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 6,002 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 6,535 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 6,002 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,621 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,010 kg/ha | 6,462 kg/ha | 7,341 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,552 kg/ha | 6,048 kg/ha | 6,925 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,402 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha | 6,524 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,313 kg/ha | 6,087 kg/ha | 6,471 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,501 kg/ha | 6,333 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,169 kg/ha | 6,065 kg/ha | 6,310 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,032 kg/ha | 6,002 kg/ha | 6,058 kg/ha | 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 taro — yield in Madagascar?
- Taro — yield in Madagascar was 6,002 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 7,341 kg/ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,002 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Madagascar rank for taro — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 36th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Taro — Yield. 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.