Bananas — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Bananas — Area harvested was 90,856 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — area harvested in Ethiopia is 90,856 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 68.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 95,954 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9,426 ha, in 1994.
Ethiopia ranks 15th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 9,426 ha | -5.7% |
| 1995 | 11,452 ha | +21.5% |
| 1996 | 12,283 ha | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 13,168 ha | +7.2% |
| 1998 | 13,770 ha | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 14,909 ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 15,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 21,268 ha | +41.8% |
| 2002 | 29,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 2003 | 29,083 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 28,695 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 28,102 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 30,429 ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 39,426 ha | +29.6% |
| 2008 | 29,064 ha | -26.3% |
| 2009 | 29,409 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 31,886 ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 35,869 ha | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 37,250 ha | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 41,357 ha | +11.0% |
| 2014 | 53,956 ha | +30.5% |
| 2015 | 55,790 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 63,213 ha | +13.3% |
| 2017 | 65,278 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 68,162 ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 67,387 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 95,954 ha | +42.4% |
| 2021 | 94,371 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 87,202 ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 90,996 ha | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 90,856 ha | -0.2% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 90,856 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 53,668 ha, 1.7× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 90,856 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 7.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,144 ha | 9,426 ha | 14,909 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 27,948 ha | 15,000 ha | 39,426 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,015 ha | 31,886 ha | 68,162 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 91,876 ha | 87,202 ha | 95,954 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 12 Indonesia 152,656 ha compare
- 12 Türkiye 12,918 ha compare
- 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,240 ha compare
- 13 Uganda 118,000 ha
- 14 Colombia 105,592 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 150,870 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 3,676 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 1,818 ha compare
- 16 Cambodia 87,480 ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 932 ha compare
- 17 Mexico 86,524 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia (Federated States of) 384 ha compare
- 18 Papua New Guinea 76,416 ha compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 37 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 bananas — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Bananas — area harvested in Ethiopia was 90,856 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 95,954 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,426 ha in 1994.
- How does Ethiopia rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 15th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.4%. 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 Bananas — 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.