Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested was 2,107 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 2,107 ha for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 2,124 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 1994.
Ethiopia ranks 10th of 26 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.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1,570 ha | — |
| 1994 | 1,500 ha | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 1,542 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 1,500 ha | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,750 ha | +16.7% |
| 2009 | 1,797 ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 1,950 ha | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 1,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,992 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 2,031 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 2,008 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 2,048 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 2,029 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 2,124 ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 2,067 ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 2,101 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 2,077 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 2,092 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 2,107 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,516 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,570 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1,555 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,797 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,013 ha | 1,950 ha | 2,124 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,089 ha | 2,067 ha | 2,107 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Ethiopia was 2,107 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,124 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1994.
- How does Ethiopia rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 10th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. 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 Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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.