Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 85,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Ethiopia stood at 85,000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.6% on the previous year and up 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 120,111 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 11,020 ha, in 1997.
That places Ethiopia 31st out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 12,544 ha | — |
| 1994 | 12,619 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 13,260 ha | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 14,590 ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 11,020 ha | -24.5% |
| 1998 | 15,210 ha | +38.0% |
| 1999 | 15,030 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 13,550 ha | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 17,200 ha | +26.9% |
| 2002 | 16,034 ha | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 20,000 ha | +24.7% |
| 2004 | 20,217 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 27,084 ha | +34.0% |
| 2006 | 35,468 ha | +31.0% |
| 2007 | 37,126 ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 40,198 ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 41,579 ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 49,603 ha | +19.3% |
| 2011 | 64,477 ha | +30.0% |
| 2012 | 90,156 ha | +39.8% |
| 2013 | 79,747 ha | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 64,649 ha | -18.9% |
| 2015 | 67,062 ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 74,861 ha | +11.6% |
| 2017 | 80,842 ha | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 84,237 ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 87,925 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 113,515 ha | +29.1% |
| 2021 | 120,111 ha | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 87,616 ha | -27.1% |
| 2023 | 90,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 85,000 ha | -5.6% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 85,000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 130,659 ha, 65% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 85,000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 79% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13,468 ha | 11,020 ha | 15,210 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 26,846 ha | 13,550 ha | 41,579 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,356 ha | 49,603 ha | 90,156 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 99,248 ha | 85,000 ha | 120,111 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Ethiopia was 85,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 120,111 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,020 ha in 1997.
- How does Ethiopia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 31st out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.5%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.