Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Lentils, dry — Area harvested was 77,009 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 77,009 ha for lentils, dry — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.7% on the previous year and down 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 137,401 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 45,060 ha, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 9th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 45,060 ha | — |
| 1994 | 48,140 ha | +6.8% |
| 1995 | 61,870 ha | +28.5% |
| 1996 | 83,360 ha | +34.7% |
| 1997 | 50,070 ha | -39.9% |
| 1998 | 66,110 ha | +32.0% |
| 1999 | 66,870 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 75,000 ha | +12.2% |
| 2001 | 95,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 2002 | 60,138 ha | -36.7% |
| 2003 | 52,000 ha | -13.5% |
| 2004 | 52,062 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 76,642 ha | +47.2% |
| 2006 | 84,895 ha | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 97,110 ha | +14.4% |
| 2008 | 107,428 ha | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 105,956 ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 77,334 ha | -27.0% |
| 2011 | 109,895 ha | +42.1% |
| 2012 | 123,718 ha | +12.6% |
| 2013 | 125,830 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 98,869 ha | -21.4% |
| 2015 | 100,693 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 113,685 ha | +12.9% |
| 2017 | 137,401 ha | +20.9% |
| 2018 | 129,705 ha | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 127,930 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 107,590 ha | -15.9% |
| 2021 | 97,522 ha | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 83,369 ha | -14.5% |
| 2023 | 81,648 ha | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 77,009 ha | -5.7% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 77,009 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 2,343 ha, 32.9× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 77,009 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,227 ha, 34.6× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60,211 ha | 45,060 ha | 83,360 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 80,623 ha | 52,000 ha | 107,428 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 114,506 ha | 77,334 ha | 137,401 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 89,428 ha | 77,009 ha | 107,590 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 6 Russian Federation 236,771 ha compare
- 7 Nepal 145,984 ha compare
- 8 Bangladesh 124,892 ha compare
- 10 China 65,114 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 65,114 ha compare
- 12 Ethiopia PDR 48,100 ha
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 lentils, dry — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Lentils, dry — area harvested in Ethiopia was 77,009 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 137,401 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,060 ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 9th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.1%. 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 Lentils, dry — 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.