Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 97,608 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Other pulses 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 pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Ethiopia stood at 97,608 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.8% on the previous year and up 92.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 105,948 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 13,020 ha, in 1996.
Ethiopia ranks 15th of 116 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 13,251 ha | — |
| 1994 | 13,718 ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 13,900 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 13,020 ha | -6.3% |
| 1997 | 29,510 ha | +126.7% |
| 1998 | 20,530 ha | -30.4% |
| 1999 | 21,430 ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 16,260 ha | -24.1% |
| 2001 | 13,520 ha | -16.9% |
| 2002 | 27,226 ha | +101.4% |
| 2003 | 25,543 ha | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 33,735 ha | +32.1% |
| 2005 | 25,781 ha | -23.6% |
| 2006 | 45,000 ha | +74.5% |
| 2007 | 46,288 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 64,709 ha | +39.8% |
| 2009 | 54,243 ha | -16.2% |
| 2010 | 46,216 ha | -14.8% |
| 2011 | 41,748 ha | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 44,955 ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 48,005 ha | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 50,632 ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 73,712 ha | +45.6% |
| 2016 | 92,286 ha | +25.2% |
| 2017 | 92,097 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 87,999 ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 95,968 ha | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 105,948 ha | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 97,291 ha | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 87,335 ha | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 105,881 ha | +21.2% |
| 2024 | 97,608 ha | -7.8% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 97,608 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 29,072 ha, 3.4× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 97,608 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,578 ha, 3.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +126.7% | 13,020 ha | 29,510 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17,908 ha | 13,020 ha | 29,510 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 35,230 ha | 13,520 ha | 64,709 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 67,362 ha | 41,748 ha | 95,968 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 98,813 ha | 87,335 ha | 105,948 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 435 ha compare
- 12 Sudan (former) 116,000 ha compare
- 13 Thailand 108,133 ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 0 ha
- 14 Sudan 107,039 ha compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 91,902 ha compare
- 17 Greece 90,650 ha compare
- 18 France 69,230 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 other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Ethiopia was 97,608 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 105,948 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,020 ha in 1996.
- How does Ethiopia rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 15th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.8%. 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 Other pulses n.e.c. — 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.