Barley — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Barley — Area harvested was 1.07 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 1.07 million ha for barley — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 1.34 million ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 578,790 ha, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 13th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 578,790 ha | — |
| 1994 | 934,140 ha | +61.4% |
| 1995 | 1.14 million ha | +22.1% |
| 1996 | 1.06 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 897,360 ha | -15.3% |
| 1998 | 897,200 ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.05 million ha | +16.5% |
| 2000 | 880,360 ha | -15.8% |
| 2001 | 938,010 ha | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 821,383 ha | -12.4% |
| 2003 | 1.08 million ha | +30.9% |
| 2004 | 1.25 million ha | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 1.21 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 997,868 ha | -17.4% |
| 2007 | 1.16 million ha | +16.3% |
| 2008 | 1.22 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 1.34 million ha | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 1.30 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 1.21 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 1.19 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 1.20 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.17 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 1.17 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.17 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.17 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.02 million ha | -13.4% |
| 2019 | 950,742 ha | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 1.14 million ha | +20.4% |
| 2021 | 1.15 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 983,128 ha | -14.5% |
| 2023 | 1.09 million ha | +11.1% |
| 2024 | 1.07 million ha | -2.2% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 1.07 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 45,000 ha, 23.8× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 1.07 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,641 ha, 100.5× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 936,201 ha | 578,790 ha | 1.14 million ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.09 million ha | 821,383 ha | 1.34 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.16 million ha | 950,742 ha | 1.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 million ha | 983,128 ha | 1.15 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,514 ha compare
- 10 Ukraine 1.40 million ha compare
- 11 Argentina 1.30 million ha compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.19 million ha compare
- 14 Czechoslovakia 887,945 ha
- 15 Algeria 797,601 ha compare
- 16 Ethiopia PDR 743,130 ha
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 barley — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Barley — area harvested in Ethiopia was 1.07 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.34 million ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 578,790 ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for barley — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 13th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — 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.