Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 10,286 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — yield in Ethiopia is 10,286 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.0% on the previous year and down 31.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 17,886 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,133 kg/ha, in 2009.
That places Ethiopia 80th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 13,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 10,191 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1995 | 7,500 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 1996 | 8,369 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 8,000 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 7,200 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 7,744 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 7,621 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 7,000 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 7,333 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 7,626 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 7,660 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 7,220 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 7,247 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 7,461 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 10,317 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 2009 | 1,133 kg/ha | -89.0% |
| 2010 | 15,000 kg/ha | +1224.3% |
| 2011 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14,740 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 17,886 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2018 | 14,758 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2019 | 9,284 kg/ha | -37.1% |
| 2020 | 13,623 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 2021 | 6,156 kg/ha | -54.8% |
| 2022 | 9,566 kg/ha | +55.4% |
| 2023 | 10,718 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2024 | 10,286 kg/ha | -4.0% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 10,286 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 10,286 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 10,286 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,999 kg/ha, 94% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +1224.3% | 1,133 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha |
| 2009 | -89.0% | 10,317 kg/ha | 1,133 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,905 kg/ha | 7,200 kg/ha | 13,333 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 7,062 kg/ha | 1,133 kg/ha | 10,317 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,667 kg/ha | 9,284 kg/ha | 17,886 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,070 kg/ha | 6,156 kg/ha | 13,623 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 lettuce and chicory — yield in Ethiopia?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Ethiopia was 10,286 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 17,886 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,133 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does Ethiopia rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 80th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.4%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.