Wheat — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Wheat — Area harvested was 415 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Madagascar is 415 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 80.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 7,000 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Madagascar ranks 117th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — 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 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 174 ha | — |
| 1977 | 324 ha | +86.2% |
| 1978 | 260 ha | -19.8% |
| 1979 | 82 ha | -68.5% |
| 1980 | 200 ha | +143.9% |
| 1981 | 182 ha | -9.0% |
| 1982 | 200 ha | +9.9% |
| 1983 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 365 ha | +82.5% |
| 1987 | 189 ha | -48.2% |
| 1988 | 600 ha | +217.5% |
| 1989 | 1,800 ha | +200.0% |
| 1990 | 2,500 ha | +38.9% |
| 1991 | 4,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 1992 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 3,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1994 | 2,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1995 | 7,000 ha | +250.0% |
| 1996 | 2,000 ha | -71.4% |
| 1997 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 4,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1999 | 4,224 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 3,818 ha | -9.6% |
| 2001 | 4,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 4,252 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 3,754 ha | -11.7% |
| 2004 | 3,767 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 4,300 ha | +14.1% |
| 2006 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 4,200 ha | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 3,701 ha | -11.9% |
| 2010 | 3,634 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 4,186 ha | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 4,174 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,081 ha | -50.1% |
| 2014 | 2,087 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,089 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,087 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,084 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,081 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,080 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 416 ha | -80.0% |
| 2021 | 416 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 833 ha | +100.2% |
| 2023 | 416 ha | -50.1% |
| 2024 | 415 ha | -0.2% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 415 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 13,755 ha, 3% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 415 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 3% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +250.0% | 2,000 ha | 7,000 ha |
| 1988 | +217.5% | 189 ha | 600 ha |
| 1989 | +200.0% | 600 ha | 1,800 ha |
| 1980 | +143.9% | 82 ha | 200 ha |
| 1998 | +100.0% | 2,000 ha | 4,000 ha |
| 2022 | +100.2% | 416 ha | 833 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 84 ha | 0 ha | 324 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 413.6 ha | 182 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,472 ha | 2,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,079 ha | 3,701 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,658 ha | 2,080 ha | 4,186 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 499.2 ha | 415 ha | 833 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 wheat — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Wheat — area harvested in Madagascar was 415 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 117th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.1%. 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 Wheat — 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.