Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Madagascar

Madagascar: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 70.36 % in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
70.36 %
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
21st
of 237 countries
All-time high
70.36 %
in 2023
All-time low
60.43 %
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Madagascar, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

Madagascar recorded 70.36 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Madagascar peaked at 70.36 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 60.43 %, in 1961.

Madagascar ranks 21st of 237 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 60.61 % 60.43 % 60.79 % 9
1970s 61.31 % 60.82 % 61.92 % 10
1980s 62.2 % 61.99 % 62.4 % 10
1990s 63.55 % 62.42 % 67.18 % 10
2000s 70.05 % 68.63 % 70.25 % 10
2010s 70.27 % 70.22 % 70.3 % 10
2020s 70.34 % 70.31 % 70.36 % 5

Countries ranked near Madagascar

  1. 18 Guinea 73.22 % compare
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  4. 22 Somalia 70.34 % compare
  5. 23 Faroe Islands 70.12 % compare
  6. 24 Eswatini 69.61 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is agricultural land — share in land area in Madagascar?
Agricultural land — share in land area in Madagascar was 70.36 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Madagascar?
The highest recorded value was 70.36 % in 2023.
What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Madagascar?
The lowest recorded value was 60.43 % in 1961.
How does Madagascar rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
Madagascar ranks 21st out of 237 countries with data for 2024.
Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Madagascar?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Agricultural land — Share in Land area
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
273 places, 16,066 data points, 1961–2024
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The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.