Coffee, green — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 862,943 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coffee, green — area harvested in Ethiopia is 862,943 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 912,170 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 218,000 ha, in 2002.
That places Ethiopia 4th out of 75 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 250,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 277,738 ha | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 307,833 ha | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 307,021 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 305,063 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 302,517 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 251,310 ha | -16.9% |
| 2000 | 250,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 243,834 ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 218,000 ha | -10.6% |
| 2003 | 232,439 ha | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 260,201 ha | +11.9% |
| 2005 | 261,175 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 295,238 ha | +13.0% |
| 2007 | 407,147 ha | +37.9% |
| 2008 | 391,296 ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 395,003 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 498,618 ha | +26.2% |
| 2011 | 580,440 ha | +16.4% |
| 2012 | 600,530 ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 538,466 ha | -10.3% |
| 2014 | 626,820 ha | +16.4% |
| 2015 | 653,940 ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 761,209 ha | +16.4% |
| 2017 | 808,022 ha | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 871,707 ha | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 871,380 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 856,592 ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 912,170 ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 794,404 ha | -12.9% |
| 2023 | 843,635 ha | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 862,943 ha | +2.3% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 862,943 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 15,432 ha, 55.9× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 862,943 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,778 ha, 111.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 285,926 ha | 250,000 ha | 307,833 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 295,433 ha | 218,000 ha | 407,147 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 681,113 ha | 498,618 ha | 871,707 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 853,949 ha | 794,404 ha | 912,170 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 1 Brazil 1.94 million ha compare
- 2 Indonesia 1.27 million ha compare
- 3 Central African Republic 943,748 ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 678,569 ha compare
- 5 Colombia 837,685 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 325,635 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 166,516 ha compare
- 6 Uganda 736,547 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 659,699 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 166,453 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 coffee, green — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Ethiopia was 862,943 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 912,170 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 218,000 ha in 2002.
- How does Ethiopia rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 4th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.7%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.