Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 1,481 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 1,481 ha for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 7,000 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 1,155 ha, in 2015.
That places Madagascar 63rd out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,500 ha | -8.3% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 6,120 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 6,275 ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 6,240 ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 6,410 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 6,390 ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 6,420 ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 5,355 ha | -16.6% |
| 1971 | 7,000 ha | +30.7% |
| 1972 | 5,310 ha | -24.1% |
| 1973 | 5,410 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 3,935 ha | -27.3% |
| 1975 | 4,430 ha | +12.6% |
| 1976 | 4,708 ha | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 4,821 ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 4,683 ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 6,394 ha | +36.5% |
| 1980 | 5,120 ha | -19.9% |
| 1981 | 3,736 ha | -27.0% |
| 1982 | 3,900 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 2,250 ha | -42.3% |
| 1984 | 3,656 ha | +62.5% |
| 1985 | 3,823 ha | +4.6% |
| 1986 | 5,455 ha | +42.7% |
| 1987 | 4,502 ha | -17.5% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 4,750 ha | -5.0% |
| 1990 | 3,650 ha | -23.2% |
| 1991 | 2,769 ha | -24.1% |
| 1992 | 2,312 ha | -16.5% |
| 1993 | 2,755 ha | +19.2% |
| 1994 | 5,093 ha | +84.9% |
| 1995 | 3,478 ha | -31.7% |
| 1996 | 4,192 ha | +20.5% |
| 1997 | 4,192 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,800 ha | -57.1% |
| 1999 | 1,665 ha | -7.5% |
| 2000 | 2,807 ha | +68.6% |
| 2001 | 1,813 ha | -35.4% |
| 2002 | 1,902 ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 1,208 ha | -36.5% |
| 2004 | 2,076 ha | +71.9% |
| 2005 | 2,055 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 2,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 2,400 ha | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 2,450 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 2,205 ha | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 2,071 ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 2,114 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 2,067 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 2,020 ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 1,768 ha | -12.5% |
| 2015 | 1,155 ha | -34.7% |
| 2016 | 1,648 ha | +42.7% |
| 2017 | 1,523 ha | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 1,442 ha | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 1,538 ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 1,455 ha | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 1,478 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 1,490 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 1,475 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 1,481 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,151 ha | 5,500 ha | 6,420 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,205 ha | 3,935 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,219 ha | 2,250 ha | 5,455 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,191 ha | 1,665 ha | 5,093 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,102 ha | 1,208 ha | 2,807 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,735 ha | 1,155 ha | 2,114 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,476 ha | 1,455 ha | 1,490 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Madagascar was 1,481 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,155 ha in 2015.
- How does Madagascar rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 63rd out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.