Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 48,340 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 48,340 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 61,411 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 34,605 ha, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 99th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,102 ha | 34,605 ha | 37,690 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,914 ha | 35,195 ha | 40,119 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,638 ha | 38,461 ha | 42,140 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 54,966 ha | 47,167 ha | 61,411 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,584 ha | 45,889 ha | 49,313 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,194 ha | 47,696 ha | 50,653 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,373 ha | 48,254 ha | 48,525 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 96 Saudi Arabia 53,332 ha compare
- 97 Zambia 51,503 ha compare
- 98 Portugal 50,380 ha compare
- 100 Belgium-Luxembourg 48,171 ha compare
- 101 Papua New Guinea 46,299 ha compare
- 102 Libya 44,155 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture share gdp 21.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
- Rural population 67.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 21.97 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.26 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 399,940 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Madagascar was 48,340 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 61,411 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,605 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 99th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — 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.