Tomatoes — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 4,926 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 4,926 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 4,952 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 720 ha, in 1968.
That places Madagascar 77th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 ha | +37.5% |
| 1963 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1967 | 725 ha | -34.1% |
| 1968 | 720 ha | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 770 ha | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 920 ha | +19.5% |
| 1971 | 1,170 ha | +27.2% |
| 1972 | 1,840 ha | +57.3% |
| 1973 | 1,465 ha | -20.4% |
| 1974 | 1,525 ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 2,010 ha | +31.8% |
| 1976 | 2,455 ha | +22.1% |
| 1977 | 3,250 ha | +32.4% |
| 1978 | 2,705 ha | -16.8% |
| 1979 | 861 ha | -68.2% |
| 1980 | 1,175 ha | +36.5% |
| 1981 | 1,484 ha | +26.3% |
| 1982 | 1,570 ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 1,665 ha | +6.1% |
| 1984 | 1,765 ha | +6.0% |
| 1985 | 2,140 ha | +21.2% |
| 1986 | 1,850 ha | -13.6% |
| 1987 | 1,800 ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 2,446 ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 2,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 2,399 ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 2,600 ha | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 2,800 ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 3,200 ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,250 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 3,900 ha | +20.0% |
| 2007 | 4,300 ha | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 4,555 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 4,620 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 4,700 ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 4,600 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 4,519 ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 4,819 ha | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 4,646 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 4,664 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 4,746 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 4,819 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 4,885 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 4,904 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 4,921 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 4,952 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 4,926 ha | -0.5% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 4,926 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 11,450 ha, 43% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 4,926 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,251 ha, 53% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | -68.2% | 2,705 ha | 861 ha |
| 1972 | +57.3% | 1,170 ha | 1,840 ha |
| 1967 | -34.1% | 1,100 ha | 725 ha |
| 1962 | +37.5% | 800 ha | 1,100 ha |
| 1980 | +36.5% | 861 ha | 1,175 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 957.22 ha | 720 ha | 1,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,820 ha | 861 ha | 3,250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,705 ha | 1,175 ha | 2,140 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,225 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,435 ha | 2,399 ha | 4,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,669 ha | 4,519 ha | 4,819 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,918 ha | 4,885 ha | 4,952 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 74 Lebanon 5,400 ha compare
- 75 Australia 5,251 ha compare
- 76 Republic of Korea 5,109 ha compare
- 78 Israel 4,742 ha compare
- 79 Czechoslovakia 4,707 ha compare
- 80 Ethiopia PDR 4,100 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 tomatoes — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Madagascar was 4,926 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 4,952 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 720 ha in 1968.
- How does Madagascar rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 77th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.