Wheat — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Wheat — Yield was 2,407 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Madagascar, 1976–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Madagascar is 2,407 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Madagascar peaked at 2,667 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1,491 kg/ha, in 1977.
Madagascar ranks 84th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1,494 kg/ha | — |
| 1977 | 1,491 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 1,615 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1979 | 1,793 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1980 | 1,615 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1981 | 1,648 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 1,500 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1983 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,542 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 1,783 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1988 | 1,667 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1989 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 2,250 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1992 | 2,500 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1993 | 2,667 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 2,000 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1995 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2,500 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1998 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,367 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 2,357 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 2,381 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 2,352 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 2,348 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 2,345 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,339 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,326 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 2,444 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 2,381 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 2,381 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,392 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 2,389 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,396 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,402 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,396 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,394 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,396 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,399 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,402 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,404 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,406 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,406 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,402 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,405 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,407 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 2,407 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,628 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 2,407 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,725 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | -25.0% | 2,667 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +25.0% | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,598 kg/ha | 1,491 kg/ha | 1,793 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1980s | 1,592 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 1,783 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,278 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,366 kg/ha | 2,326 kg/ha | 2,444 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,397 kg/ha | 2,389 kg/ha | 2,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,405 kg/ha | 2,402 kg/ha | 2,407 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
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 — yield in Madagascar?
- Wheat — yield in Madagascar was 2,407 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 2,667 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,491 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Madagascar rank for wheat — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 84th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 Wheat — Yield. 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.