Ethiopia PDR vs World: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested

Ethiopia PDR
1.37 million ha
in 1992
World
4.75 million ha
in 2024
Ethiopia PDR rank
2nd
World rank
1st

Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested over time

  • Ethiopia PDR
  • World
1.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M196119922024

How they compare

World currently reports 4.75 million ha against 1.37 million ha in Ethiopia PDR, a difference of 3.38 million ha.

That makes World's figure about 3.5 times Ethiopia PDR's.

Across all 32 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia PDR ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 69 countries.

World has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia PDR World Difference Ahead
1960s 2.11 million ha 2.43 million ha 320,400 ha World
1970s 1.67 million ha 1.94 million ha 273,879 ha World
1980s 1.36 million ha 1.63 million ha 275,373 ha World
1990s 1.29 million ha 1.68 million ha 389,843 ha World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals n.e.c. — area harvested, Ethiopia PDR or World?
World, at 4.75 million ha against 1.37 million ha in Ethiopia PDR as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals n.e.c. — area harvested between Ethiopia PDR and World?
3.38 million ha, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia PDR and World?
32 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1992.
How do Ethiopia PDR and World rank globally for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
Ethiopia PDR ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 69 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
99 places, 4,299 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.