Linseed — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Linseed — Area harvested was 81,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Linseed — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, linseed — area harvested in Ethiopia stood at 81,000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 250,702 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 49,158 ha, in 2022.
That places Ethiopia 8th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Linseed — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 75,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 90,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1995 | 112,720 ha | +25.2% |
| 1996 | 177,640 ha | +57.6% |
| 1997 | 134,640 ha | -24.2% |
| 1998 | 96,240 ha | -28.5% |
| 1999 | 91,440 ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 74,120 ha | -18.9% |
| 2001 | 130,520 ha | +76.1% |
| 2002 | 98,596 ha | -24.5% |
| 2003 | 142,500 ha | +44.5% |
| 2004 | 142,899 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 250,702 ha | +75.4% |
| 2006 | 215,107 ha | -14.2% |
| 2007 | 174,108 ha | -19.1% |
| 2008 | 152,129 ha | -12.6% |
| 2009 | 140,801 ha | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 73,688 ha | -47.7% |
| 2011 | 116,541 ha | +58.2% |
| 2012 | 127,883 ha | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 95,582 ha | -25.3% |
| 2014 | 82,325 ha | -13.9% |
| 2015 | 85,416 ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 80,354 ha | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 79,045 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 83,627 ha | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 69,150 ha | -17.3% |
| 2020 | 78,921 ha | +14.1% |
| 2021 | 79,588 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 49,158 ha | -38.2% |
| 2023 | 82,000 ha | +66.8% |
| 2024 | 81,000 ha | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 111,097 ha | 75,000 ha | 177,640 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 152,148 ha | 74,120 ha | 250,702 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 89,361 ha | 69,150 ha | 127,883 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 74,133 ha | 49,158 ha | 82,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 ha compare
- 6 Canada 201,400 ha compare
- 7 India 174,975 ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia PDR 75,000 ha
- 10 Ukraine 53,500 ha compare
- 11 Afghanistan 33,102 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 linseed — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Linseed — area harvested in Ethiopia was 81,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 250,702 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest linseed — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,158 ha in 2022.
- How does Ethiopia rank for linseed — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 8th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. 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 Linseed — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 32 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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.