Tea leaves — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 1,052 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 1,052 ha for tea leaves — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 1,063 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Madagascar ranks 31st of 45 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 17 ha | — |
| 1975 | 30 ha | +76.5% |
| 1976 | 45 ha | +50.0% |
| 1977 | 60 ha | +33.3% |
| 1978 | 70 ha | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 90 ha | +28.6% |
| 1980 | 110 ha | +22.2% |
| 1981 | 120 ha | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 130 ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 140 ha | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 145 ha | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 150 ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 187 ha | +16.9% |
| 1992 | 165 ha | -11.8% |
| 1993 | 220 ha | +33.3% |
| 1994 | 170 ha | -22.7% |
| 1995 | 188 ha | +10.6% |
| 1996 | 190 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 180 ha | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 175 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 220 ha | +25.7% |
| 2000 | 241 ha | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 241 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 335 ha | +39.0% |
| 2003 | 335 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 335 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 340 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 340 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 345 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 345 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 501 ha | +45.2% |
| 2010 | 592 ha | +18.2% |
| 2011 | 710 ha | +19.9% |
| 2012 | 860 ha | +21.1% |
| 2013 | 1,015 ha | +18.0% |
| 2014 | 1,031 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1,047 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 1,063 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 1,047 ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 1,052 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,054 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,051 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,052 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,052 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,052 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,052 ha | +0.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 1,052 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 7,624 ha, 14% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 1,052 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,868 ha, 22% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +76.5% | 17 ha | 30 ha |
| 1976 | +50.0% | 30 ha | 45 ha |
| 2009 | +45.2% | 345 ha | 501 ha |
| 2002 | +39.0% | 241 ha | 335 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31.2 ha | 0 ha | 90 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 130.5 ha | 110 ha | 150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 185.5 ha | 160 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 335.8 ha | 241 ha | 501 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 947.1 ha | 592 ha | 1,063 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,052 ha | 1,051 ha | 1,052 ha | 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Madagascar was 1,052 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1,063 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 31st out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tea leaves — 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.