Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested was 13,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rape or colza seed — area harvested in Ethiopia stood at 13,000 ha.
The figure is up 8.3% on the previous year and down 74.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 65,990 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 10,100 ha, in 1998.
That places Ethiopia 46th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 13,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 14,190 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 22,740 ha | +60.3% |
| 1997 | 12,670 ha | -44.3% |
| 1998 | 10,100 ha | -20.3% |
| 1999 | 10,440 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 20,380 ha | +95.2% |
| 2001 | 24,990 ha | +22.6% |
| 2002 | 15,044 ha | -39.8% |
| 2003 | 17,257 ha | +14.7% |
| 2004 | 26,021 ha | +50.8% |
| 2005 | 41,881 ha | +61.0% |
| 2006 | 25,001 ha | -40.3% |
| 2007 | 30,637 ha | +22.5% |
| 2008 | 34,584 ha | +12.9% |
| 2009 | 21,247 ha | -38.6% |
| 2010 | 24,700 ha | +16.3% |
| 2011 | 45,168 ha | +82.9% |
| 2012 | 52,510 ha | +16.3% |
| 2013 | 53,290 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 51,200 ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 34,970 ha | -31.7% |
| 2016 | 34,864 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 27,870 ha | -20.1% |
| 2018 | 65,990 ha | +136.8% |
| 2019 | 23,046 ha | -65.1% |
| 2020 | 53,259 ha | +131.1% |
| 2021 | 12,295 ha | -76.9% |
| 2022 | 13,035 ha | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 12,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2024 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13,877 ha | 10,100 ha | 22,740 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 25,704 ha | 15,044 ha | 41,881 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,361 ha | 23,046 ha | 65,990 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,718 ha | 12,000 ha | 53,259 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Rape or colza seed — area harvested in Ethiopia was 13,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 65,990 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,100 ha in 1998.
- How does Ethiopia rank for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 46th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 74.6%. 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 Rape or colza seed — 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.