Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested was 334,356 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Ethiopia stood at 334,356 ha.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 335,872 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 221,545 ha, in 1994.
That places Ethiopia 1st out of 25 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.
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 224,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 221,545 ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 224,125 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 224,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 225,320 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 225,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 227,208 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 230,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 242,650 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 250,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 254,935 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 252,817 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 250,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 280,768 ha | +12.3% |
| 2010 | 320,000 ha | +14.0% |
| 2011 | 325,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 327,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 325,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 305,212 ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 321,710 ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 317,307 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 315,699 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 321,343 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 328,302 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 333,890 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 333,798 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 333,399 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 335,872 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 334,356 ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 224,457 ha | 221,545 ha | 227,208 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 251,117 ha | 230,000 ha | 280,768 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 320,657 ha | 305,212 ha | 328,302 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 334,263 ha | 333,399 ha | 335,872 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 2 Ethiopia PDR 224,000 ha
- 3 Sri Lanka 107,642 ha compare
- 4 Canada 20,809 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 32.82 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.82 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Ethiopia was 334,356 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 335,872 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 221,545 ha in 1994.
- How does Ethiopia rank for other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 1st out of 25 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. 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 Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested. 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.