Avocados — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Avocados — Area harvested was 29,595 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 29,595 ha for avocados — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 114.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 31,278 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,414 ha, in 2001.
Ethiopia ranks 10th of 91 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9,754 ha | — |
| 2001 | 2,414 ha | -75.3% |
| 2002 | 2,600 ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 2,938 ha | +13.0% |
| 2004 | 3,248 ha | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 3,596 ha | +10.7% |
| 2006 | 4,716 ha | +31.1% |
| 2007 | 6,473 ha | +37.3% |
| 2008 | 5,067 ha | -21.7% |
| 2009 | 5,694 ha | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 7,212 ha | +26.7% |
| 2011 | 9,024 ha | +25.1% |
| 2012 | 8,938 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 10,590 ha | +18.5% |
| 2014 | 13,798 ha | +30.3% |
| 2015 | 13,665 ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 17,835 ha | +30.5% |
| 2017 | 18,021 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 19,759 ha | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 20,908 ha | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 30,588 ha | +46.3% |
| 2021 | 31,278 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 27,435 ha | -12.3% |
| 2023 | 29,767 ha | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 29,595 ha | -0.6% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 29,595 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 3,424 ha, 8.6× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 29,595 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,071 ha, 9.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,650 ha | 2,414 ha | 9,754 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,975 ha | 7,212 ha | 20,908 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,733 ha | 27,435 ha | 31,278 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
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- 9 Australia and New Zealand 29,630 ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 724 ha compare
- 11 Brazil 25,310 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 344 ha compare
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- 12 Polynesia 146 ha compare
- 13 South Africa 24,294 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Avocados — area harvested in Ethiopia was 29,595 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 31,278 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,414 ha in 2001.
- How does Ethiopia rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 10th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 114.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.