Palm Oil — Food in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Palm Oil — Food was 370 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm Oil — Food in Ethiopia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 370 1000 t for palm oil — food in 2023.
That represents a change of down 14.4% on the previous year and up 80.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — food in Ethiopia peaked at 499 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 131 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Ethiopia 16th out of 137 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Palm Oil — Food in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 131 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 137 1000 t | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 168 1000 t | +22.6% |
| 2013 | 205 1000 t | +22.0% |
| 2014 | 225 1000 t | +9.8% |
| 2015 | 411 1000 t | +82.7% |
| 2016 | 266 1000 t | -35.3% |
| 2017 | 262 1000 t | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 326 1000 t | +24.4% |
| 2019 | 194 1000 t | -40.5% |
| 2020 | 360 1000 t | +85.6% |
| 2021 | 499 1000 t | +38.6% |
| 2022 | 432 1000 t | -13.4% |
| 2023 | 370 1000 t | -14.4% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 370 1000 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 66 1000 t, 5.6× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 370 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 52.5 1000 t, 7.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 232.5 1000 t | 131 1000 t | 411 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 415.25 1000 t | 360 1000 t | 499 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 13 Mexico 471 1000 t compare
- 14 South Africa 426 1000 t compare
- 15 Yemen 373 1000 t compare
- 16 Saudi Arabia 370 1000 t compare
- 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 323 1000 t compare
- 19 Thailand 262 1000 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 palm oil — food in Ethiopia?
- Palm oil — food in Ethiopia was 370 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — food recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 499 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest palm oil — food recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 131 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Ethiopia rank for palm oil — food?
- Ethiopia ranks 16th out of 137 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — food rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.5%. 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 Palm Oil — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.