Oil of linseed — Production in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Oil of linseed — Production was 29,800 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Oil of linseed — Production in Ethiopia, 1993–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 29,800 t for oil of linseed — production in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil of linseed — production in Ethiopia peaked at 59,500 t in 2008 and was at its lowest, 8,725 t, in 2000.
That places Ethiopia 7th out of 67 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Oil of linseed — Production in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 9,945 t | — |
| 1994 | 12,811 t | +28.8% |
| 1995 | 15,882 t | +24.0% |
| 1996 | 36,187 t | +127.8% |
| 1997 | 19,484 t | -46.2% |
| 1998 | 12,694 t | -34.8% |
| 1999 | 10,165 t | -19.9% |
| 2000 | 8,725 t | -14.2% |
| 2001 | 18,760 t | +115.0% |
| 2002 | 14,410 t | -23.2% |
| 2003 | 22,352 t | +55.1% |
| 2004 | 21,496 t | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 48,800 t | +127.0% |
| 2006 | 43,400 t | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 44,300 t | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 59,500 t | +34.3% |
| 2009 | 53,700 t | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 39,600 t | -26.3% |
| 2011 | 27,800 t | -29.8% |
| 2012 | 41,600 t | +49.6% |
| 2013 | 41,900 t | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 32,400 t | -22.7% |
| 2015 | 32,300 t | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 35,100 t | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 33,000 t | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 34,500 t | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 32,300 t | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 28,600 t | -11.5% |
| 2021 | 29,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 29,400 t | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 29,800 t | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16,738 t | 9,945 t | 36,187 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 33,544 t | 8,725 t | 59,500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,050 t | 27,800 t | 41,900 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,200 t | 28,600 t | 29,800 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 87,500 t compare
- 5 Russian Federation 35,000 t compare
- 6 Germany 32,500 t compare
- 8 India 29,000 t compare
- 9 USSR 25,514 t
- 10 Afghanistan 19,329 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 oil of linseed — production in Ethiopia?
- Oil of linseed — production in Ethiopia was 29,800 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil of linseed — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 59,500 t in 2008.
- What is the lowest oil of linseed — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,725 t in 2000.
- How does Ethiopia rank for oil of linseed — production?
- Ethiopia ranks 7th out of 67 countries with data for 2023.
- Is oil of linseed — production rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. 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 Oil of linseed — 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.