Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Madagascar
Madagascar: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.4929 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Madagascar, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Madagascar is 0.4929, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Madagascar peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.4929, in 2023.
That places Madagascar 70th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9484 | -5.2% |
| 1963 | 0.9403 | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 0.8926 | -5.1% |
| 1965 | 0.9035 | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 0.8953 | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 0.8589 | -4.1% |
| 1968 | 0.8373 | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 0.8048 | -3.9% |
| 1970 | 0.7924 | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.8006 | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.7926 | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.7876 | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.7075 | -10.2% |
| 1975 | 0.77 | +8.8% |
| 1976 | 0.7414 | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 0.8146 | +9.9% |
| 1978 | 0.8765 | +7.6% |
| 1979 | 0.8732 | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.8497 | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 0.8681 | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.8622 | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.8163 | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 0.8129 | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.8104 | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7798 | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 0.8066 | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 0.8073 | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.7644 | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 0.7673 | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.7778 | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.7836 | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.785 | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.8203 | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 0.8052 | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.7895 | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 0.7808 | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.7928 | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.7651 | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 0.7825 | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.7643 | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7832 | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 0.7575 | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 0.7223 | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 0.6491 | -10.1% |
| 2006 | 0.6309 | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 0.6184 | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5944 | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 0.551 | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 0.5383 | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.5427 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.5189 | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 0.5859 | +12.9% |
| 2014 | 0.5624 | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5814 | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 0.5733 | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.5885 | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5615 | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5572 | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.5488 | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.5229 | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 0.5082 | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 0.4929 | -3.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 0.4929 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.4868, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 0.4929 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3874, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8979 | 0.8048 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7956 | 0.7075 | 0.8765 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8178 | 0.7644 | 0.8681 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7867 | 0.7651 | 0.8203 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6854 | 0.551 | 0.7832 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.561 | 0.5189 | 0.5885 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5182 | 0.4929 | 0.5488 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 67 Bhutan 0.4965 compare
- 68 Brunei 0.4963 compare
- 69 North Korea 0.4962 compare
- 71 Guinea-Bissau 0.4868 compare
- 72 Liberia 0.4759 compare
- 73 Netherlands 0.4718 compare
More reference data data for Madagascar
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4459 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.82 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4503 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 5.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.43 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 26.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 32.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.45 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Madagascar?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Madagascar was 0.4929 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4929 in 2023.
- How does Madagascar rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Madagascar ranks 70th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).