Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 1,435 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 1,435 kg/ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.3% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 1,806 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 457.5 kg/ha, in 1998.
Ethiopia ranks 50th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 664.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 677 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 678.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 685.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 705.6 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 457.5 kg/ha | -35.2% |
| 1999 | 567.7 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 2000 | 880.4 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 2001 | 884.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 828.6 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 1,464 kg/ha | +76.7% |
| 2004 | 1,025 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 2005 | 1,073 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 962.8 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 1,376 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 2008 | 1,112 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2009 | 1,116 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1,444 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 2011 | 1,605 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 1,380 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2013 | 1,406 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1,604 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2015 | 1,708 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 1,732 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 1,796 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 1,710 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 1,780 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 1,806 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,752 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 1,650 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 1,278 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2024 | 1,435 kg/ha | +12.3% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 1,435 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 820.1 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 1,435 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +76.7% | 828.6 kg/ha | 1,464 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 633.76 kg/ha | 457.5 kg/ha | 705.6 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1,072 kg/ha | 828.6 kg/ha | 1,464 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,616 kg/ha | 1,380 kg/ha | 1,796 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,584 kg/ha | 1,278 kg/ha | 1,806 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Ethiopia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Ethiopia was 1,435 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,806 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 457.5 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Ethiopia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 50th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.