Millet — Production in Eritrea
Eritrea: Millet — Production was 25,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Production in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 25,000 t for millet — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — production in Eritrea peaked at 63,254 t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5,796 t, in 2002.
Eritrea ranks 39th of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Millet — Production in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 19,100 t | — |
| 1994 | 57,570 t | +201.4% |
| 1995 | 12,790 t | -77.8% |
| 1996 | 12,412 t | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 7,488 t | -39.7% |
| 1998 | 51,805 t | +591.8% |
| 1999 | 23,231 t | -55.2% |
| 2000 | 7,254 t | -68.8% |
| 2001 | 30,267 t | +317.2% |
| 2002 | 5,796 t | -80.9% |
| 2003 | 16,935 t | +192.2% |
| 2004 | 11,971 t | -29.3% |
| 2005 | 40,571 t | +238.9% |
| 2006 | 33,092 t | -18.4% |
| 2007 | 63,254 t | +91.1% |
| 2008 | 12,239 t | -80.7% |
| 2009 | 17,217 t | +40.7% |
| 2010 | 20,000 t | +16.2% |
| 2011 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 25,000 t | +25.0% |
| 2016 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 25,000 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 45,000 t, 56% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 25,000 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 34,000 t, 74% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +591.8% | 7,488 t | 51,805 t |
| 2001 | +317.2% | 7,254 t | 30,267 t |
| 2005 | +238.9% | 11,971 t | 40,571 t |
| 1994 | +201.4% | 19,100 t | 57,570 t |
| 2003 | +192.2% | 5,796 t | 16,935 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26,342 t | 7,488 t | 57,570 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 23,860 t | 5,796 t | 63,254 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,500 t | 20,000 t | 25,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,000 t | 25,000 t | 25,000 t | 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 — production in Eritrea?
- Millet — production in Eritrea was 25,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — production recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 63,254 t in 2007.
- What is the lowest millet — production recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,796 t in 2002.
- How does Eritrea rank for millet — production?
- Eritrea ranks 39th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — production rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.