FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Madagascar

According to FAOSTAT, Madagascar produced 5.2 million t of cereals, 466,887 t of vegetables, 1.3 million t of fruit, 161,610 t of meat and 415,933 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were rice (5.0 million t), sugar cane (3.2 million t) and cassava (2.6 million t).

Products recorded: 116
World #1: 1; products
World top 10: 11; products
Year: 2024

Madagascar is the world’s largest producer of vanilla, and ranks second or third for 3 other products.

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in maize (−28%), followed by rice (+25%).

Livestock numbers: 7.0 million cattle, 2.1 million pigs, 925,907 sheep and 1.7 million goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All cereals	5,237,387	54	0.17%	+20%
All roots and tubers	4,354,579	36	0.46%	−4.1%
All sugar crops	3,162,265	50	0.14%	+7.3%
All fruit	1,305,433	79	0.14%	+6.8%
All vegetables	466,887	105	0.04%	+5.8%
All milk	415,933	101	0.04%	−23%
All meat	161,610	115	0.04%	+5.5%
All pulses	151,282	62	0.16%	+16%
All citrus fruit	100,865	63	0.06%	−0.3%
All eggs	22,442	101	0.02%	+1.6%
All tree nuts	17,169	59	0.09%	+88%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Rice (paddy)	4,970,000	17	0.61%	+25%
Sugar cane	3,162,265	36	0.16%	+7.3%
Cassava	2,573,531	24	0.75%	−12%
Sweet potatoes	1,298,147	9	1.43%	+14%
Cow milk	415,933	97	0.05%	−23%
Bananas	399,940	37	0.29%	+11%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	374,746	45	0.13%	+5.3%
Mangoes and guavas	308,343	24	0.5%	+3.1%
Maize	265,000	88	0.02%	−28%
Other tropical fruits, n.e.c.	252,588	15	1.06%	+8.0%
Potatoes	248,208	88	0.06%	+4.9%
Taro	234,693	7	1.29%	+0.5%
Beer	140,800	88	0.08%	+26%
Raw sugar	91,467	75	0.05%	+19%
Pineapples	88,424	32	0.3%	+9.0%
Beans, dry	84,150	43	0.28%	−3.2%
Oranges	83,827	49	0.12%	−1.1%
Cashewapple	77,101	3	5.56%	+2.9%
Coconuts, in shell	67,350	34	0.1%	+7.9%
Groundnuts (peanuts)	58,610	38	0.1%	−0.1%
Chicken meat	55,453	102	0.04%	+44%
Coffee, green	49,561	23	0.44%	+0.7%
Tomatoes	41,109	100	0.02%	+6.9%
Cow peas, dry	31,901	17	0.32%	+182%
Pork (pig meat)	31,578	79	0.03%	+32%
Avocados	27,904	32	0.25%	+7.2%
Cloves (whole stems)	25,114	2	12.62%	+21%
Beef (cattle meat)	24,979	116	0.04%	−43%
Cocoa beans	21,000	21	0.4%	+93%
Oil palm fruit	20,991	41	0.01%	+0.3%
Peas, dry	20,399	37	0.14%	+6.4%
Cabbages	18,608	95	0.02%	+5.5%
Hen eggs	17,642	103	0.02%	+1.8%
Sisal	17,592	4	7.52%	−0.4%
Other pulses n.e.c.	13,955	48	0.31%	+18%
Grapes	13,867	74	0.02%	+8.1%
Seed cotton	13,851	49	0.02%	−7.7%
Molasses	13,032	92	0.02%	−35%
Duck meat	12,757	23	0.17%	+6.9%
Goose meat	12,730	3	0.24%	+0.4%
Grapefruit and pomelos	12,630	31	0.13%	+5.6%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	12,532	86	0.03%	+26%
Peaches and nectarines	11,343	57	0.04%	+11%
Onions, dry	10,901	113	0.01%	+8.6%
Turkey meat	10,408	25	0.2%	+11%
Carrots and turnips	9,662	93	0.02%	+10%
Cotton seed	9,000	49	0.02%	0.0%
Wine	7,708	52	0.03%	—
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen	7,698	31	0.37%	+5.5%
Cashew nuts, in shell	7,504	24	0.18%	+6.1%
Apples	7,209	78	0.01%	+3.4%
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c.	6,534	8	0.99%	−10%
Pistachios, in shell	5,034	6	0.36%	+152%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	4,996	92	0.05%	−43%
Pepper (black, white)	4,836	14	0.52%	+8.3%
Cotton lint	4,801	49	0.02%	0.0%
Eggs from other birds in shell, fresh, n.e.c.	4,800	15	0.08%	+0.7%
Other nuts	4,631	27	0.42%	+6,075%
Lemons and limes	4,408	74	0.02%	−1.6%
Coconut oil	4,321	30	0.14%	−34%
Palm oil	4,076	42	0.01%	+0.4%
Honey	3,995	50	0.2%	+14%
Goat meat	3,778	79	0.05%	+6.0%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	3,547	97	0.04%	−43%
Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers	3,248	5	1.33%	+12%
Vanilla	3,090	1	43.43%	−1.6%
Mushrooms	3,006	34	0.01%	+40%
Castor oil seeds	2,821	16	0.16%	+6.5%
Tung nuts	2,764	5	0.66%	+5.0%
Green garlic	2,544	69	0.01%	+1.1%
Plums	2,367	67	0.02%	+8.3%
Chillies and peppers, dry	1,852	43	0.03%	−3.7%
Eggplants	1,828	72	0%	+8.1%
Apricots	1,506	53	0.03%	+9.0%
Pears	1,444	74	0.01%	+0.5%
Peas, green	1,439	68	0.01%	+12%
Sheep meat	1,426	113	0.01%	+12%
Sorghum	1,387	88	0%	+3.3%
Palm kernels	1,311	41	0.01%	−2.9%
Cottonseed oil	1,200	50	0.03%	0.0%
Other beans, green	1,067	82	0%	−7.2%
Wheat	1,000	114	0%	−80%
Tobacco, unmanufactured	919	87	0.02%	−39%
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	891	72	0.01%	+32%
Lentils, dry	876	32	0.01%	+4.9%
Rabbit meat	798	21	0.09%	+11%
Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen	772	71	0.05%	+5.9%
Whole milk, evaporated	763	50	0.03%	−24%
Cattle fat, unrendered	749	97	0.02%	−43%
Cucumbers	625	123	0%	−1.4%
Oil of palm kernel	587	39	0.01%	−3.0%
Chillies and peppers, green	580	114	0%	+62%
Whole milk, condensed	546	49	0.03%	−24%
Raw hides and skins of goats or kids	517	81	0.03%	+5.9%
Ginger	506	33	0.01%	+160%
Fat of pigs	445	79	0%	+32%
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c.	431	47	0.01%	+154%
Beeswax	423	18	0.66%	+4.2%
Spring onions and shallots	397	40	0.01%	+6.4%
Tea leaves	397	42	0%	+3.4%
Other oil seeds, n.e.c.	379	56	0.02%	+241%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	285	95	0.01%	+12%
Cauliflower and broccoli	274	90	0%	−12%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	238	99	0.01%	+12%
Kenaf	160	22	0.07%	−36%
Goat fat, unrendered	131	74	0.04%	+5.6%
Lettuce and chicory	102	97	0%	−44%
Tea, packed	95	95	0%	—
Anise, coriander, cumin and fennel	77	29	0%	+28%
Tallow	76	67	0%	−28%
Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling	57	15	0.01%	−43%
Sheep fat, unrendered	48	96	0.01%	+14%
Soybeans	48	96	0%	+2.1%
Nutmeg, mace and cardamom	17	20	0.01%	+6.2%
Raw silk (not thrown)	8	14	0.01%	—
Horse meat, fresh or chilled	5	56	0%	−17%

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	43,553,000	66	0.16%	+20%
Cattle	6,957,211	39	0.44%	−32%
Ducks	4,651,000	20	0.36%	+8.2%
Geese	3,009,000	6	0.79%	0.0%
Turkeys	2,484,000	16	1.02%	+10%
Pigs	2,124,304	47	0.22%	+34%
Goats	1,738,386	67	0.15%	+18%
Sheep	925,907	80	0.07%	+10%
Bees	136,668	54	0.13%	+2.0%
Rabbits and hares	133,000	27	0.06%	+11%
Horses	520	133	0%	+6.1%
Asses	164	99	0%	+5.8%

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.