Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production was 122,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Ethiopia is 122,000 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Ethiopia peaked at 210,414 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6,958 t, in 1998.
That places Ethiopia 30th out of 113 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 — Production in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 8,334 t | — |
| 1994 | 8,543 t | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 9,000 t | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 10,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 7,776 t | -22.2% |
| 1998 | 6,958 t | -10.5% |
| 1999 | 8,532 t | +22.6% |
| 2000 | 11,929 t | +39.8% |
| 2001 | 15,210 t | +27.5% |
| 2002 | 13,285 t | -12.7% |
| 2003 | 29,284 t | +120.4% |
| 2004 | 20,715 t | -29.3% |
| 2005 | 29,053 t | +40.3% |
| 2006 | 34,150 t | +17.5% |
| 2007 | 51,080 t | +49.6% |
| 2008 | 44,685 t | -12.5% |
| 2009 | 46,425 t | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 71,607 t | +54.2% |
| 2011 | 103,478 t | +44.5% |
| 2012 | 124,419 t | +20.2% |
| 2013 | 112,088 t | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 103,706 t | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 114,574 t | +10.5% |
| 2016 | 129,636 t | +13.1% |
| 2017 | 145,173 t | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 144,091 t | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 156,533 t | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 205,069 t | +31.0% |
| 2021 | 210,414 t | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 144,525 t | -31.3% |
| 2023 | 115,000 t | -20.4% |
| 2024 | 122,000 t | +6.1% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 122,000 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 150,000 t, 81% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 122,000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 94,522 t, 1.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,449 t | 6,958 t | 10,000 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 29,582 t | 11,929 t | 51,080 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 120,530 t | 71,607 t | 156,533 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 159,402 t | 115,000 t | 210,414 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 27 Cabo Verde 0 t compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 153,921 t compare
- 28 Uganda 150,000 t compare
- 29 Pakistan 129,704 t compare
- 31 Sierra Leone 101,389 t compare
- 32 Zambia 87,655 t compare
- 33 Bangladesh 75,364 t 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Ethiopia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Ethiopia was 122,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 210,414 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,958 t in 1998.
- How does Ethiopia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production?
- Ethiopia ranks 30th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — production rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. 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 — Production. 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.