Millet — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Millet — Yield was 2,472 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — yield in Ethiopia is 2,472 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 2,560 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 668.8 kg/ha, in 1995.
That places Ethiopia 9th out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Millet — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 768.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 704.7 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 668.8 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 892.1 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 1997 | 1,014 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1998 | 893.2 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1999 | 854.3 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 886.7 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 911.7 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 1,088 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2003 | 1,001 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2004 | 1,059 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 1,186 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 1,279 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 1,061 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2008 | 1,213 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 1,421 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2010 | 1,556 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 1,507 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 1,504 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,719 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 1,866 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2015 | 2,226 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2016 | 2,230 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,260 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 2,317 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 2,472 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 2,536 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 2,504 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 2,560 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 2,444 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 2,472 kg/ha | +1.1% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 2,472 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 848.5 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 2,472 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 815.8 kg/ha, 3.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 827.89 kg/ha | 668.8 kg/ha | 1,014 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1,111 kg/ha | 886.7 kg/ha | 1,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,966 kg/ha | 1,504 kg/ha | 2,472 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,503 kg/ha | 2,444 kg/ha | 2,560 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 6 China 3,147 kg/ha compare
- 7 Tajikistan 2,896 kg/ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 1,083 kg/ha compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,064 kg/ha compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 2,839 kg/ha compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova 1,050 kg/ha compare
- 10 Switzerland 2,340 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 669.9 kg/ha compare
- 11 Serbia and Montenegro 2,308 kg/ha compare
- 12 Spain 2,305 kg/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 — yield in Ethiopia?
- Millet — yield in Ethiopia was 2,472 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,560 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 668.8 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Ethiopia rank for millet — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 9th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.5%. 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 — 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.