Potatoes — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Potatoes — Yield was 12,311 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Ethiopia is 12,311 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.1% on the previous year and up 37.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 13,794 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 7,191 kg/ha, in 2007.
That places Ethiopia 123rd out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 8,005 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 7,954 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 7,889 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 7,826 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 7,826 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 7,604 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 7,655 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 7,700 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 9,222 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2002 | 10,487 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2003 | 9,335 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2004 | 9,860 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 7,280 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2006 | 7,280 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 7,191 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 7,972 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 8,202 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 8,036 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 8,116 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 7,828 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 8,813 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2014 | 8,986 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 10,915 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2016 | 12,260 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2017 | 11,764 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 13,794 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2019 | 13,691 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 12,786 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 12,085 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 13,305 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 12,843 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 12,311 kg/ha | -4.1% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 12,311 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 11,047 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 12,311 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,823 kg/ha | 7,604 kg/ha | 8,005 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 8,453 kg/ha | 7,191 kg/ha | 10,487 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,420 kg/ha | 7,828 kg/ha | 13,794 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,666 kg/ha | 12,085 kg/ha | 13,305 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
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 potatoes — yield in Ethiopia?
- Potatoes — yield in Ethiopia was 12,311 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 13,794 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,191 kg/ha in 2007.
- How does Ethiopia rank for potatoes — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 123rd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.0%. 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 Potatoes — Yield. 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.