Maize (corn) — Production in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Maize (corn) — Production was 11.70 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 11.70 million t for maize (corn) — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 51.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Ethiopia peaked at 11.85 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.40 million t, in 1994.
That places Ethiopia 12th out of 183 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.31 million t | 1.40 million t | 3.16 million t | 7 |
| 2000s | 3.59 million t | 2.68 million t | 4.80 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.27 million t | 5.48 million t | 11.56 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.55 million t | 10.95 million t | 11.85 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 9 Indonesia 15.14 million t compare
- 10 France 14.67 million t compare
- 11 Russian Federation 13.95 million t compare
- 13 Yugoslav SFR 11.56 million t
- 14 Nigeria 11.16 million t compare
- 15 United Republic of Tanzania 10.08 million t 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) — production in Ethiopia?
- Maize (corn) — production in Ethiopia was 11.70 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 11.85 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.40 million t in 1994.
- How does Ethiopia rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Ethiopia ranks 12th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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) — Production. 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.