Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 3.40 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Ethiopia stood at 3.40 million ha.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 3.42 million ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 838,450 ha, in 1993.
Ethiopia ranks 10th of 182 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.46 million ha | 838,450 ha | 1.88 million ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.93 million ha | 1.51 million ha | 2.42 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.84 million ha | 2.50 million ha | 3.26 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.31 million ha | 2.95 million ha | 3.42 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 5.74 million ha compare
- 8 Nigeria 5.50 million ha compare
- 9 Ukraine 4.07 million ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.11 million ha compare
- 12 USSR 2.97 million ha
- 13 Mozambique 2.86 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture share gdp 32.82 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.82 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
- Rural population 75.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 102.81 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 41.47 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.19 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Ethiopia was 3.40 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.42 million ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 838,450 ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 10th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.7%. 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 Maize (corn) — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.