Maize (corn) — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Maize (corn) — Yield was 3,444 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Ethiopia stood at 3,444 kg/ha.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 3,711 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,124 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Ethiopia 88th out of 163 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) — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1,736 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 1,124 kg/ha | -35.3% |
| 1995 | 1,359 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1996 | 1,683 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1997 | 1,738 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 1,618 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1999 | 1,715 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 1,620 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 1,743 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 1,875 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 1,532 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2004 | 1,613 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 2,006 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2006 | 2,640 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2007 | 1,823 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 2008 | 1,883 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 1,985 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 2,193 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 2,221 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 2,593 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2013 | 2,740 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 2,950 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 2,776 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 2,947 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 3,312 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2018 | 3,337 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 3,655 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 3,711 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 3,433 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 3,488 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 3,409 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 3,444 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 3,444 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 3,444 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | -35.3% | 1,736 kg/ha | 1,124 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,567 kg/ha | 1,124 kg/ha | 1,738 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1,872 kg/ha | 1,532 kg/ha | 2,640 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,872 kg/ha | 2,193 kg/ha | 3,655 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,497 kg/ha | 3,409 kg/ha | 3,711 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 maize (corn) — yield in Ethiopia?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Ethiopia was 3,444 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,711 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,124 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Ethiopia rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 88th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. 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) — 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.