Oranges — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Oranges — Area harvested was 6,273 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oranges — area harvested in Ethiopia is 6,273 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 7,740 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,839 ha, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 48th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1,839 ha | — |
| 1994 | 1,844 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 1,908 ha | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 1,939 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 1,928 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 2,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 2,135 ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 2,204 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 2,402 ha | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 2,450 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 2,533 ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 3,098 ha | +22.3% |
| 2005 | 2,761 ha | -10.9% |
| 2006 | 2,613 ha | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 3,397 ha | +30.0% |
| 2008 | 2,440 ha | -28.2% |
| 2009 | 3,471 ha | +42.3% |
| 2010 | 5,750 ha | +65.7% |
| 2011 | 5,350 ha | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 5,980 ha | +11.8% |
| 2013 | 4,970 ha | -16.9% |
| 2014 | 5,370 ha | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 5,430 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 5,874 ha | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 4,940 ha | -15.9% |
| 2018 | 7,664 ha | +55.1% |
| 2019 | 7,740 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 6,098 ha | -21.2% |
| 2021 | 5,509 ha | -9.7% |
| 2022 | 6,372 ha | +15.7% |
| 2023 | 6,266 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 6,273 ha | +0.1% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 6,273 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 4,476 ha, 1.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 6,273 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,452 ha, 1.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +65.7% | 3,471 ha | 5,750 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,942 ha | 1,839 ha | 2,135 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 2,737 ha | 2,204 ha | 3,471 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,907 ha | 4,940 ha | 7,740 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,104 ha | 5,509 ha | 6,372 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
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 oranges — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Oranges — area harvested in Ethiopia was 6,273 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 7,740 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,839 ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 48th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. 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 Oranges — 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.