Papayas — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Papayas — Area harvested was 7,219 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1998–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, papayas — area harvested in Ethiopia stood at 7,219 ha.
That represents a change of up 11.5% on the previous year and up 142.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 9,850 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,400 ha, in 1998.
That places Ethiopia 13th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Papayas — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1,400 ha | — |
| 1999 | 2,100 ha | +50.0% |
| 2000 | 2,500 ha | +19.0% |
| 2001 | 2,713 ha | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 2,500 ha | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 2,371 ha | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 2,714 ha | +14.5% |
| 2005 | 2,895 ha | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 2,784 ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 4,003 ha | +43.8% |
| 2008 | 3,254 ha | -18.7% |
| 2009 | 3,067 ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 3,700 ha | +20.6% |
| 2011 | 2,700 ha | -27.0% |
| 2012 | 3,010 ha | +11.5% |
| 2013 | 3,320 ha | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 2,980 ha | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 2,890 ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 4,027 ha | +39.3% |
| 2017 | 4,185 ha | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 4,578 ha | +9.4% |
| 2019 | 4,420 ha | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 4,242 ha | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 9,850 ha | +132.2% |
| 2022 | 5,333 ha | -45.9% |
| 2023 | 6,475 ha | +21.4% |
| 2024 | 7,219 ha | +11.5% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 7,219 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 4,329 ha, 1.7× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 7,219 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,659 ha, 4.4× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +132.2% | 4,242 ha | 9,850 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,750 ha | 1,400 ha | 2,100 ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 2,880 ha | 2,371 ha | 4,003 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,581 ha | 2,700 ha | 4,578 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,624 ha | 4,242 ha | 9,850 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 10 Philippines 7,766 ha compare
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- 11 Kenya 7,722 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 365 ha compare
- 12 Colombia 7,504 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 95 ha compare
- 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28 ha compare
- 13 Caribbean 19,304 ha compare
- 14 Bangladesh 7,155 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia 0 ha
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 5,859 ha compare
- 15 Malawi 5,020 ha compare
- 16 Mali 4,778 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 papayas — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Papayas — area harvested in Ethiopia was 7,219 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 9,850 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 1998.
- How does Ethiopia rank for papayas — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 13th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 142.2%. 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 Papayas — 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.