Climate | We have tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south |
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Revenue from forest resources | 4.34% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 3,768,759 tons (2016 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 337 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 400 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Industrial | 160 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Agricultural | 13 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Air pollutants | |
Particulate matter emissions | 16.02 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
Carbon dioxide emissions | 3.91 megatons (2016 est.) |
Methane emissions | 10.14 megatons (2020 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 71.1% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 6% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 1% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 64.1% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 21.5% (2018 est.) |
Other | 7.4% (2018 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 40.6% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 4.26% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 3.872 million ANTANANARIVO (capital) (2023). |
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