Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield was 254.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Ethiopia stood at 254.9 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 533.3 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 250.5 kg/ha, in 2019.
Ethiopia ranks 25th of 26 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 513 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 533.3 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 510.4 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 505.6 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 500.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 495.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 489.4 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 500 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 474.1 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 464.6 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 454.5 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 441.5 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 425.6 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 409.4 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 392.9 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 376.2 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 359.5 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 342.9 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 326.5 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 282.5 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2013 | 282.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 279.5 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 274.6 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 273.3 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 259.7 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 269.2 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 250.5 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 259.6 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 256.2 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 257.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 256.7 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 254.9 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 506.79 kg/ha | 489.4 kg/ha | 533.3 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 429.83 kg/ha | 359.5 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 284.12 kg/ha | 250.5 kg/ha | 342.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 257.06 kg/ha | 254.9 kg/ha | 259.6 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 22 Ethiopia PDR 554.6 kg/ha
- 23 Mozambique 527.8 kg/ha compare
- 24 Madagascar 387.2 kg/ha compare
- 26 Central African Republic 210.7 kg/ha 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 kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Ethiopia?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Ethiopia was 254.9 kg/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 — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 533.3 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 250.5 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Ethiopia rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 25th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. 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 Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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.