Millet — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Millet — Area harvested was 75,000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Millet — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in Eritrea stood at 75,000 ha.
That represents a change of up 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 96,030 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 54,047 ha, in 2002.
Eritrea ranks 28th of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Millet — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 80,300 ha | — |
| 1994 | 87,060 ha | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 60,238 ha | -30.8% |
| 1996 | 65,179 ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 68,249 ha | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 96,030 ha | +40.7% |
| 1999 | 60,576 ha | -36.9% |
| 2000 | 57,864 ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 56,342 ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 54,047 ha | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 92,215 ha | +70.6% |
| 2004 | 61,433 ha | -33.4% |
| 2005 | 80,232 ha | +30.6% |
| 2006 | 73,035 ha | -9.0% |
| 2007 | 91,254 ha | +24.9% |
| 2008 | 78,289 ha | -14.2% |
| 2009 | 61,447 ha | -21.5% |
| 2010 | 55,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 2011 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 75,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 2016 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 75,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 69,059 ha, 1.1× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 75,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Area harvested in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +70.6% | 54,047 ha | 92,215 ha |
| 1998 | +40.7% | 68,249 ha | 96,030 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 73,947 ha | 60,238 ha | 96,030 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 70,616 ha | 54,047 ha | 92,215 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,000 ha | 55,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 75,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Millet — area harvested in Eritrea was 75,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 96,030 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,047 ha in 2002.
- How does Eritrea rank for millet — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 28th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.