Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Ginger, raw — Area harvested was 3,657 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ginger, raw — area harvested in Ethiopia is 3,657 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 3,688 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 123 ha, in 1993.
Ethiopia ranks 13th of 40 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.
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 123 ha | — |
| 1994 | 184 ha | +49.6% |
| 1995 | 370 ha | +101.1% |
| 1996 | 351 ha | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 483 ha | +37.6% |
| 1998 | 620 ha | +28.4% |
| 1999 | 750 ha | +21.0% |
| 2000 | 900 ha | +20.0% |
| 2001 | 1,050 ha | +16.7% |
| 2002 | 1,200 ha | +14.3% |
| 2003 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2004 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2005 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 2,400 ha | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 2,700 ha | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 3,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 3,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 3,331 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 3,338 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 3,500 ha | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,427 ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 3,688 ha | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 3,538 ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 3,531 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 3,539 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 3,518 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 3,520 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 3,606 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 3,628 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 3,642 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,657 ha | +0.4% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 3,657 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 355 ha, 10.3× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +101.1% | 184 ha | 370 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 411.57 ha | 123 ha | 750 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 2,015 ha | 900 ha | 3,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,491 ha | 3,331 ha | 3,688 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,611 ha | 3,520 ha | 3,657 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 ginger, raw — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Ginger, raw — area harvested in Ethiopia was 3,657 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,688 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 123 ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 13th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. 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 Ginger, raw — 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.