Natural honey — Production in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Natural honey — Production was 85,960 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural honey — Production in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, natural honey — production in Ethiopia stood at 85,960 t.
The figure is up 20.0% on the previous year and up 76.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural honey — production in Ethiopia peaked at 150,258 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 24,000 t, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 5th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural honey — Production in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 24,000 t | — |
| 1994 | 25,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 26,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 27,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 27,600 t | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 28,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 28,500 t | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 29,000 t | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 39,600 t | +36.6% |
| 2003 | 37,800 t | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 40,900 t | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 36,000 t | -12.0% |
| 2006 | 51,250 t | +42.4% |
| 2007 | 42,180 t | -17.7% |
| 2008 | 42,000 t | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 41,525 t | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 53,675 t | +29.3% |
| 2011 | 39,892 t | -25.7% |
| 2012 | 45,905 t | +15.1% |
| 2013 | 48,941 t | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 48,712 t | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 59,161 t | +21.5% |
| 2016 | 47,706 t | -19.4% |
| 2017 | 66,221 t | +38.8% |
| 2018 | 58,588 t | -11.5% |
| 2019 | 150,258 t | +156.5% |
| 2020 | 129,301 t | -13.9% |
| 2021 | 88,154 t | -31.8% |
| 2022 | 52,034 t | -41.0% |
| 2023 | 71,613 t | +37.6% |
| 2024 | 85,960 t | +20.0% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 85,960 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,729 t, 49.7× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 85,960 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,985 t, 43.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural honey — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +156.5% | 58,588 t | 150,258 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26,586 t | 24,000 t | 28,500 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 40,028 t | 29,000 t | 51,250 t | 9 |
| 2010s | 61,906 t | 39,892 t | 150,258 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 85,412 t | 52,034 t | 129,301 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 2 China, mainland 444,800 t compare
- 3 Türkiye 95,492 t compare
- 3 USSR 240,000 t
- 4 India 146,000 t compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 80,249 t compare
- 6 Argentina 69,298 t compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 31,902 t compare
- 7 Brazil 67,314 t compare
- 7 Viet Nam 25,463 t compare
- 8 Russian Federation 65,455 t 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 natural honey — production in Ethiopia?
- Natural honey — production in Ethiopia was 85,960 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural honey — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 150,258 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest natural honey — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,000 t in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for natural honey — production?
- Ethiopia ranks 5th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural honey — production rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Natural honey — Production. 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.