Barley — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Barley — Yield was 2,355 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 2,355 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 2,501 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 864.3 kg/ha, in 1995.
Ethiopia ranks 70th of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1,361 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 937.1 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 1995 | 864.3 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1996 | 1,061 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1997 | 1,062 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,095 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 920.4 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2000 | 913.2 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 1,084 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2002 | 1,441 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 2003 | 1,011 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 2004 | 1,096 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 1,157 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 1,413 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2007 | 1,302 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 1,352 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 1,462 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 1,461 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,502 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 1,597 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 1,702 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 1,767 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 1,767 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,896 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 1,899 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,935 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 2,501 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2020 | 2,291 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 2,177 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 2,221 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 2,230 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,355 kg/ha | +5.6% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 2,355 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,429 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 2,355 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,093 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Yield in Ethiopia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | -31.1% | 1,361 kg/ha | 937.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,043 kg/ha | 864.3 kg/ha | 1,361 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1,223 kg/ha | 913.2 kg/ha | 1,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,803 kg/ha | 1,461 kg/ha | 2,501 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,255 kg/ha | 2,177 kg/ha | 2,355 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
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 — yield in Ethiopia?
- Barley — yield in Ethiopia was 2,355 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,501 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 864.3 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Ethiopia rank for barley — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 70th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.2%. 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 — Yield. 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.