Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 627.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 627.2 kg/ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 657.1 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 400 kg/ha, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 30th out of 43 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.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 400 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 424.5 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 436.3 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 441.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 437.5 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 442.9 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 558.8 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 2013 | 633.3 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2014 | 605.8 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 615.2 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 657.1 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 626.3 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 632.9 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 642.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 648.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 641.6 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 630.7 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 630.4 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 627.2 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 627.2 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 747.4 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 627.2 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 769.65 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +26.2% | 442.9 kg/ha | 558.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 400 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 410.2 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 441.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 585.27 kg/ha | 437.5 kg/ha | 657.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 635.74 kg/ha | 627.2 kg/ha | 648.8 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 27 Ghana 687.6 kg/ha compare
- 28 Ethiopia PDR 666.7 kg/ha
- 29 Uzbekistan 649.2 kg/ha compare
- 31 Guatemala 620.4 kg/ha compare
- 32 Samoa 614.9 kg/ha compare
- 33 Madagascar 573.8 kg/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 pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Ethiopia?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Ethiopia was 627.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 657.1 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 30th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield. 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.