Vanilla, raw — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Vanilla, raw — Area harvested was 74,482 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vanilla, raw — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vanilla, raw — area harvested in Madagascar is 74,482 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vanilla, raw — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 76,321 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 5,800 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vanilla, raw — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 6,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,395 ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 6,650 ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 6,740 ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 6,615 ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 6,700 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 6,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,565 ha | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 10,370 ha | +58.0% |
| 1973 | 10,500 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 9,400 ha | -10.5% |
| 1977 | 8,900 ha | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 9,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 9,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 25,700 ha | +179.3% |
| 1981 | 25,050 ha | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 25,420 ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 26,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 26,300 ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 26,610 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 26,800 ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 27,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 27,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 28,600 ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 30,700 ha | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 25,000 ha | -18.6% |
| 1992 | 30,700 ha | +22.8% |
| 1993 | 23,810 ha | -22.4% |
| 1994 | 23,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 24,275 ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 25,430 ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 25,300 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 25,400 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 25,550 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 25,620 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 25,750 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 25,880 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 26,050 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 26,220 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 63,764 ha | +143.2% |
| 2006 | 64,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 67,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 69,724 ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 69,639 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 68,562 ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 68,777 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 71,155 ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 72,364 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 76,321 ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 70,585 ha | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 71,174 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 72,691 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 74,655 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 72,840 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 75,649 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 74,381 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 74,290 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 74,774 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 74,482 ha | -0.4% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 74,482 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 220 ha, 338.6× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vanilla, raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +179.3% | 9,200 ha | 25,700 ha |
| 2005 | +143.2% | 26,220 ha | 63,764 ha |
| 1972 | +58.0% | 6,565 ha | 10,370 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,367 ha | 5,800 ha | 6,740 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,164 ha | 6,565 ha | 10,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,528 ha | 25,050 ha | 28,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,916 ha | 23,000 ha | 30,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,365 ha | 25,620 ha | 69,724 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,912 ha | 68,562 ha | 76,321 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 74,715 ha | 74,290 ha | 75,649 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 vanilla, raw — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Vanilla, raw — area harvested in Madagascar was 74,482 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vanilla, raw — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 76,321 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest vanilla, raw — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,800 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for vanilla, raw — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 1st out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vanilla, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. 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 Vanilla, raw — 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.