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Mining in Madagascar

Where the mines and projects are, what they produce, the power and corridors they need, and the processing gap.

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Value added by mining and utilities, 2024US$769m4.8% of the economy · 10th largest of 16 in SADC
Real growth-6.7%a year over the last five years, at constant prices
Exports of the pillar's goods, 2024US$683m-22% on five years earlier · 10th in SADC
Deals in the last 12 months44 tracked in Madagascar in all

Mining and utilities added US$769m to Madagascar's economy in 2024

Value added by mining and utilities, the industries in the national accounts closest to mining, US$, at the prices of each year and at constant 2020 prices (which show real growth)

0$200m$400m$600m$800m199019921994199619982000200220042006200820102012201420162018202020222024Prices of each yearUS$769mConstant 2020 pricesUS$618m
Source: UN Statistics Division·dotzedw Insights Centre

Madagascar has SADC's 10th largest mining and utilities sector

Value added by mining and utilities, US$, latest year, with its share of each economy

South AfricaUS$37.5bn10.4% of the economy
AngolaUS$26.8bn23.4% of the economy
DRCUS$19.8bn28.2% of the economy
TanzaniaUS$8.6bn11.2% of the economy
ZimbabweUS$7.8bn18.0% of the economy
ZambiaUS$4.2bn17.3% of the economy
MozambiqueUS$3.3bn16.5% of the economy
BotswanaUS$2.3bn12.6% of the economy
NamibiaUS$2.3bn18.6% of the economy
MadagascarUS$769m4.8% of the economy
MalawiUS$397m3.5% of the economy
LesothoUS$327m15.9% of the economy
MauritiusUS$258m2.0% of the economy
EswatiniUS$101m2.2% of the economy
SeychellesUS$50m2.8% of the economy
ComorosUS$20m1.3% of the economy
Source: UN Statistics Division·dotzedw Insights Centre

Mineral rents: Madagascar against SADC

Mineral rents, % of GDP, latest year for each country. Click a bar for that country's mining page.

0%10%20%30%DRC28.8%Zambia28.2%Zimbabwe4.2%Tanzania4.0%South Africa3.8%Namibia3.2%Botswana0.2%Mozambique0.1%Malawi0.0%Angola0.0%Comoros0.0%Eswatini0.0%Lesotho0.0%Madagascar0.0%Mauritius0.0%Seychelles0.0%median 0.1%

Source: World Bank·dotzedw Insights Centre

Madagascar's trade in mining goods since 2012

Exports and imports of the products in this pillar's subsectors, each product counted once, US$

0$500m$1bn2012201420162018202020222024ExportsUS$683mImportsUS$48m
Source: CEPII BACI·dotzedw Insights Centre

Subsectors

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Copper and cobalt in Madagascar

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Mines and projects in the Congolese and Zambian copper belts, output, smelters and refineries, export routes, power demand, export rules.

Select a figure for its trend. Source: CEPII BACI, dotzedw deals tracker.

Trade in detail

Madagascar exported US$88m and imported US$56k of copper and cobalt in 2024; exports down 35% on five years earlier, 0.2% of what SADC sells abroad.

Madagascar's main exports in this subsector, 2024

Cobalt (intermediates and unwrought) (810520)US$85m
Copper ore (260300)US$1.5m
Unrefined copper (blister and anodes) (740200)US$952k
Refined copper (740322)US$616k
Cobalt (intermediates and unwrought) (810530)US$472k

Madagascar's trade in copper and cobalt every year since 2012, by partner is part of the Individual plan

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What Madagascar sells abroad across mining

Madagascar's exports by subsector, 2024, US$, with its share of SADC's exports. A product can count in two subsectors.

Battery and critical mineralsUS$541m20.4% of SADC · +5% on five years earlier
Copper and cobaltUS$88m0.2% of SADC · -35% on five years earlier
Platinum group metals and chromeUS$35m0.1% of SADC · +165% on five years earlier
UraniumUS$16m0.8% of SADC · +41% on five years earlier
DiamondsUS$2.0m0% of SADC · +7901% on five years earlier
GoldUS$944k0% of SADC · -100% on five years earlier
Iron ore and manganeseUS$3960% of SADC · -100% on five years earlier
CoalUS$610% of SADC · -100% on five years earlier
Source: CEPII BACI·dotzedw Insights Centre

Who is moving

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4 deals in the last 12 months involving Madagascar, placed in subsectors by what they say.

Sources and method