Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 6,683 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — area harvested in Ethiopia is 6,683 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 14.0% on the previous year and up 80.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 8,670 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 187 ha, in 2008.
Ethiopia ranks 42nd of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 560 ha | — |
| 1994 | 670 ha | +19.6% |
| 1995 | 780 ha | +16.4% |
| 1996 | 890 ha | +14.1% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2000 | 887 ha | -11.3% |
| 2001 | 658 ha | -25.8% |
| 2002 | 578 ha | -12.2% |
| 2003 | 1,100 ha | +90.3% |
| 2004 | 1,741 ha | +58.3% |
| 2005 | 1,741 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,071 ha | -38.5% |
| 2007 | 947 ha | -11.6% |
| 2008 | 187 ha | -80.3% |
| 2009 | 2,713 ha | +1350.8% |
| 2010 | 4,930 ha | +81.7% |
| 2011 | 3,580 ha | -27.4% |
| 2012 | 1,690 ha | -52.8% |
| 2013 | 2,058 ha | +21.8% |
| 2014 | 3,697 ha | +79.6% |
| 2015 | 3,823 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 4,802 ha | +25.6% |
| 2017 | 4,903 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 5,437 ha | +10.9% |
| 2019 | 5,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 8,670 ha | +73.4% |
| 2021 | 4,998 ha | -42.4% |
| 2022 | 7,837 ha | +56.8% |
| 2023 | 5,861 ha | -25.2% |
| 2024 | 6,683 ha | +14.0% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 6,683 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 2,473 ha, 2.7× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 6,683 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,334 ha, 2.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +1350.8% | 187 ha | 2,713 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 857.14 ha | 560 ha | 1,100 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1,162 ha | 187 ha | 2,713 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,992 ha | 1,690 ha | 5,437 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,810 ha | 4,998 ha | 8,670 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 39 Romania 6,880 ha compare
- 40 Ecuador 6,838 ha compare
- 41 Australia and New Zealand 6,727 ha compare
- 43 Czechoslovakia 6,409 ha
- 44 Philippines 5,676 ha compare
- 45 Rwanda 5,249 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Ethiopia was 6,683 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,670 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 187 ha in 2008.
- How does Ethiopia rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 42nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.8%. 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 Carrots and turnips — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.