Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 205.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Ethiopia stood at 205.9 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 33.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 205.9 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 111.2 kg/ha, in 2011.
That places Ethiopia 114th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 130.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 126.9 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 129 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 129.8 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 129.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 129.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 128.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 128.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 125.1 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 142.7 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2003 | 133.7 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 133.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 127.3 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 145 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2007 | 147.6 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 140.2 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 113.1 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2010 | 112 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 111.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 115.2 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 133.7 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2014 | 154.8 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2015 | 157.2 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 159.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 173.7 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 181.8 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 195.4 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 192.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 196.7 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 198 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 199.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 205.9 kg/ha | +3.4% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 205.9 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 342.8 kg/ha, 60% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 205.9 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 346.4 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 129.07 kg/ha | 126.9 kg/ha | 130.3 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 133.66 kg/ha | 113.1 kg/ha | 147.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 149.43 kg/ha | 111.2 kg/ha | 195.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 198.5 kg/ha | 192.7 kg/ha | 205.9 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Ethiopia?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Ethiopia was 205.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 205.9 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 111.2 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Ethiopia rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 114th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.0%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.