Millet — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Millet — Area harvested was 455,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 455,000 ha for millet — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 480,853 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 176,030 ha, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 13th out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 176,030 ha | — |
| 1994 | 250,670 ha | +42.4% |
| 1995 | 230,390 ha | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 273,120 ha | +18.5% |
| 1997 | 292,180 ha | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 290,580 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 447,560 ha | +54.0% |
| 2000 | 361,000 ha | -19.3% |
| 2001 | 346,780 ha | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 281,458 ha | -18.8% |
| 2003 | 304,758 ha | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 314,251 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 334,992 ha | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 390,977 ha | +16.7% |
| 2007 | 385,294 ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 411,246 ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 380,069 ha | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 408,110 ha | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 432,561 ha | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 433,364 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 431,732 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 455,063 ha | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 465,508 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 456,172 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 456,057 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 446,909 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 455,580 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 480,511 ha | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 480,853 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 369,372 ha | -23.2% |
| 2023 | 450,000 ha | +21.8% |
| 2024 | 455,000 ha | +1.1% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 455,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 69,059 ha, 6.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 455,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 6.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +54.0% | 290,580 ha | 447,560 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 280,076 ha | 176,030 ha | 447,560 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 351,082 ha | 281,458 ha | 411,246 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 444,106 ha | 408,110 ha | 465,508 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 447,147 ha | 369,372 ha | 480,853 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 10 Senegal 1.00 million ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 321 ha compare
- 11 China 884,639 ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 161 ha compare
- 12 China, mainland 884,322 ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 104 ha compare
- 14 Namibia 268,803 ha compare
- 15 Russian Federation 255,000 ha compare
- 16 Pakistan 229,451 ha compare
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 millet — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Millet — area harvested in Ethiopia was 455,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 480,853 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 176,030 ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for millet — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 13th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. 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 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.