Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0257 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Ethiopia is 0.0257 ha per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Ethiopia peaked at 0.0316 ha per person in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.0156 ha per person, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 43rd out of 150 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.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.0156 ha per person | — |
| 1994 | 0.0223 ha per person | +43.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0254 ha per person | +13.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0316 ha per person | +24.3% |
| 1997 | 0.028 ha per person | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0229 ha per person | -18.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0253 ha per person | +10.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0246 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0272 ha per person | +10.9% |
| 2002 | 0.021 ha per person | -22.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0243 ha per person | +15.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0237 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0249 ha per person | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0189 ha per person | -24.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0283 ha per person | +49.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0278 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0275 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0276 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0278 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.027 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0263 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0259 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0285 ha per person | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0281 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0289 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0289 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0273 ha per person | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0248 ha per person | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 0.028 ha per person | +12.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0271 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0262 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0257 ha per person | -1.9% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 0.0257 ha per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0136 ha per person, 1.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 0.0257 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.024 ha per person, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +49.4% | 0.0189 ha per person | 0.0283 ha per person |
| 1994 | +43.1% | 0.0156 ha per person | 0.0223 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0244 ha per person | 0.0156 ha per person | 0.0316 ha per person | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.0248 ha per person | 0.0189 ha per person | 0.0283 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0276 ha per person | 0.0259 ha per person | 0.0289 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0264 ha per person | 0.0248 ha per person | 0.028 ha per person | 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 maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Ethiopia?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Ethiopia was 0.0257 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0316 ha per person in 1996.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0156 ha per person in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita?
- Ethiopia ranks 43rd out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.