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Main exports:

Knitted jerseys, pullovers, and cardigans (12%)

Spices other than pepper (8.6%)

Crustaceans (8%)

Other women's outerwear (7.9%)

Unclassified transactions (6.5%)

Approx. 70% of Madagascar is farmland.
The principal cash crops are coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, and cocoa. The main food crops are rice, cassava, beans, bananas, and peanuts. In addition, large numbers of poultry, cattle, goats, sheep, and hogs are raised. Fishing and forestry are also important.
Madagascar is the leading producer of vanilla in the world.

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Madagascar was originally a French colony and ever since Jun 26th, 1960, they've struggled with an unstable government scene to help grow their economy.

New constitution passed in 2009.
The year 2013 saw the election of President Hery Rajaonarimampianina. He has faced extreme opposition with his parliament and within his first year dealt with the threat of impeachment, but had prevailed as president.

The multi-party which includes an executive branch with a president, prime minister, and cabinet, and a legislative branch with a Senate and a National Assembly.

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Out of 100 children who enter the first grade only about 60 complete their primary school education, and repetititon rates are high.

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UNCEF considers the education system in Madagascar a failure. About two-thirds of women and about three-fourths of men in Madagascar are literate, a trend that indicates a remarkable increase in the country’s overall rate of literacy since the mid-1960s, when less than two-fifths of the population was literate.

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The year 2013 was a turning point in Madagascar’s political history. After almost five years of political crisis following 2009’s unconstitutional change of government, which led to a deep governance crisis, international isolation and sanctions, Madagascar succeeded in organizing general elections (presidential and parliamentary)

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The principal cash crops are coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, and cocoa. The main food crops are rice, cassava, beans, bananas, and peanuts. In addition, large numbers of poultry, cattle, goats, sheep, and hogs are raised. Fishing and forestry are also important.

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92.9% of the population lives in poverty.

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Each year as much as a third of the country burns and 1 percent of its remaining forests are level. The problem is so devastating that some estimates show that within five years, all trees will be gone.

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Foundation of Madagascar:
The island is first known to Europeans after being sighted in 1500 by a Portuguese ship on the new route to iIndia. In the 17th century Portuguese missionaries try to bring to the Malagasy the news of Christianity, and both Britain and France attempt to establish settlements. France was more successful and consequently the French language is still prominent today. Madagascar became a source of slaves, not only for the neighboring islands, but also for more distant points, including the Western Hemisphere.

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President Trump has denied man-made climate change. The Times's Nicholas Kristof travels to drought-stricken Madagascar to see the unfolding crisis for himself.

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Currency: Malagasy ariary
GDP per capita: 462.97 USD (2013) World Bank
Gross domestic product: 10.61 billion USD (2013) World Bank
Gross national income: 31.39 billion PPP dollars (2013) World Bank
GNI per capita: 1,370 PPP dollars (2013) World Bank
GDP growth rate: 2.4% annual change (2013) World Bank
Internet users: 2.2% of the population (2013) World Bank