Ginger, raw — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Ginger, raw — Yield was 2,678 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Ginger, raw — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 2,678 kg/ha for ginger, raw — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 3,333 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2,678 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Ethiopia 36th out of 40 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Ginger, raw — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3,105 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 3,154 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 3,178 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 3,172 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 3,204 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 3,226 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 3,333 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 3,333 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,184 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 3,113 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 2,857 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 2,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,919 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 2,962 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 2,914 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 2,871 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 2,818 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 2,792 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 2,771 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 2,753 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,723 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 2,700 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 2,678 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 2,678 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,598 kg/ha, 31% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,196 kg/ha | 3,105 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 3,300 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,929 kg/ha | 2,792 kg/ha | 3,184 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,725 kg/ha | 2,678 kg/ha | 2,771 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 ginger, raw — yield in Ethiopia?
- Ginger, raw — yield in Ethiopia was 2,678 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,333 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,678 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Ethiopia rank for ginger, raw — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 36th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. 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.