Agriculture & Rural in Madagascar

31 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Madagascar.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% 2024 down 28.6% 71st
Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% 2024 down 23.6% 16th
Rural population 67.1% 2025 down 5.3% 29th
Rural population growth 1.7% 2025 down 25.3% 29th
Rural population 21.97 million 2025 up 22.0% 27th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.7% 2025 down 15.7% 33rd
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.26 billion current US$ 2025 up 46.1% 97th
Land under cereal production 2.22 million hectares 2023 up 78.0% 52nd
Cereal yield 2,426 kg per hectare 2023 down 24.3% 108th
Cereal production 5.39 million metric tons 2023 up 34.8% 52nd
Fertilizer consumption 7.28 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 51.7% 171st
Land area 581,800 sq. km 2023 unchanged 44th
Agricultural land 408,950 sq. km 2023 unchanged 26th
Agricultural land 70.3% 2023 unchanged 21st
Arable land 3.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged 67th
Permanent cropland 1.0% 2023 unchanged 118th
Arable land 5.2% 2023 unchanged 133rd
Arable land 0.0962 hectares per person 2023 down 22.7% 110th
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 68.3% 2025 down 6.6% 11th
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 70.1% 2025 down 7.9% 2nd
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 69.2% 2025 down 7.3% 5th
Average precipitation in depth 1,513 mm per year 2022 unchanged 58th
Crop production index 108.17 2014-2016 = 100 2022 down 1.9% 81st
Food production index 105.91 2014-2016 = 100 2022 down 2.3% 101st
Livestock production index 94.4 2014-2016 = 100 2022 down 4.2% 161st
Forest area 21.3% 2023 down 1.1% 131st
Forest area 123,902 sq. km 2023 down 1.1% 48th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 95.9% 2022 unchanged 7th
Surface area 587,295 sq. km 2023 unchanged 48th
Access to electricity, rural 26.5% 2024 up 1,458.8% 195th
Agricultural irrigated land 2.2% 2007 down 0.1% 54th