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Agricultural land in Madagascar

Agricultural land in Madagascar was 70.4% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 22nd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202470.4% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank22nd of 224Countries ranked
Series high70.42023
Series low60.41961

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Agricultural land in Madagascar, 1961 to 2024

6062646668707219611971198119912001201120241961: 60.4 %1962: 60.5 %1963: 60.5 %1964: 60.6 %1965: 60.6 %1966: 60.7 %1967: 60.7 %1968: 60.7 %1969: 60.8 %1970: 60.8 %1971: 60.9 %1972: 60.9 %1973: 60.9 %1974: 61 %1975: 61.5 %1976: 61.5 %1977: 61.8 %1978: 61.9 %1979: 61.9 %1980: 62 %1981: 62 %1982: 62.1 %1983: 62.1 %1984: 62.2 %1985: 62.2 %1986: 62.3 %1987: 62.3 %1988: 62.4 %1989: 62.4 %1990: 62.4 %1991: 62.4 %1992: 62.5 %1993: 62.7 %1994: 62.7 %1995: 62.7 %1996: 62.9 %1997: 64.3 %1998: 65.7 %1999: 67.2 %2000: 68.6 %2001: 70.2 %2002: 70.2 %2003: 70.2 %2004: 70.2 %2005: 70.3 %2006: 70.3 %2007: 70.3 %2008: 70.3 %2009: 70.3 %2010: 70.3 %2011: 70.2 %2012: 70.2 %2013: 70.2 %2014: 70.3 %2015: 70.3 %2016: 70.3 %2017: 70.3 %2018: 70.3 %2019: 70.3 %2020: 70.3 %2021: 70.3 %2022: 70.3 %2023: 70.4 %2024: 70.4 %6062.56567.57072.519611983200520241961: 60.4 %1962: 60.5 %1963: 60.5 %1964: 60.6 %1965: 60.6 %1966: 60.7 %1967: 60.7 %1968: 60.7 %1969: 60.8 %1970: 60.8 %1971: 60.9 %1972: 60.9 %1973: 60.9 %1974: 61 %1975: 61.5 %1976: 61.5 %1977: 61.8 %1978: 61.9 %1979: 61.9 %1980: 62 %1981: 62 %1982: 62.1 %1983: 62.1 %1984: 62.2 %1985: 62.2 %1986: 62.3 %1987: 62.3 %1988: 62.4 %1989: 62.4 %1990: 62.4 %1991: 62.4 %1992: 62.5 %1993: 62.7 %1994: 62.7 %1995: 62.7 %1996: 62.9 %1997: 64.3 %1998: 65.7 %1999: 67.2 %2000: 68.6 %2001: 70.2 %2002: 70.2 %2003: 70.2 %2004: 70.2 %2005: 70.3 %2006: 70.3 %2007: 70.3 %2008: 70.3 %2009: 70.3 %2010: 70.3 %2011: 70.2 %2012: 70.2 %2013: 70.2 %2014: 70.3 %2015: 70.3 %2016: 70.3 %2017: 70.3 %2018: 70.3 %2019: 70.3 %2020: 70.3 %2021: 70.3 %2022: 70.3 %2023: 70.4 %2024: 70.4 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202470.4 Estimated
202370.4 Estimated
202270.3 Estimated
202170.3 Estimated
202070.3 Estimated
201970.3 Estimated
201870.3 Estimated
201770.3 Estimated
201670.3 Estimated
201570.3 Estimated
201470.3 Estimated
201370.2 Estimated
201270.2 Estimated
201170.2 Estimated
201070.3 Estimated
200970.3 Estimated
200870.3 Estimated
200770.3 Estimated
200670.3 Estimated
200570.3 Estimated
200470.2 Estimated
200370.2 Estimated
200270.2 Estimated
200170.2 Estimated
200068.6 Estimated
199967.2 Estimated
199865.7 Estimated
199764.3 Estimated
199662.9 Estimated
199562.7 Estimated
199462.7 Estimated
199362.7 Estimated
199262.5 Estimated
199162.4 Estimated
199062.4 Estimated
198962.4 Estimated
198862.4 Estimated
198762.3 Estimated
198662.3 Estimated
198562.2 Estimated
198462.2 Estimated
198362.1 Estimated
198262.1 Estimated
198162 Estimated
198062 Estimated
197961.9 Estimated
197861.9 Estimated
197761.8 Estimated
197661.5 Estimated
197561.5 Estimated
197461 Estimated
197360.9 Estimated
197260.9 Estimated
197160.9 Estimated
197060.8 Estimated
196960.8 Estimated
196860.7 Estimated
196760.7 Estimated
196660.7 Estimated
196560.6 Estimated
196460.6 Estimated
196360.5 Estimated
196260.5 Estimated
196160.4 Estimated

Madagascar compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Madagascar is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Madagascar, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Madagascar, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/madagascar. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Madagascar, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/madagascar.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Madagascar, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/madagascar (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in Madagascar?

Agricultural land in Madagascar was 70.4% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 22nd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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70.4% in 2023, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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