Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production was 32,659 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Ethiopia stood at 32,659 t. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.4% on the previous year and up 44.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Ethiopia peaked at 32,659 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,592 t, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 14th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 8,592 t | — |
| 1994 | 8,609 t | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 8,633 t | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 8,657 t | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 8,664 t | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 8,674 t | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 8,688 t | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 8,640 t | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 9,060 t | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 11,453 t | +26.4% |
| 2003 | 12,760 t | +11.4% |
| 2004 | 14,498 t | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 16,320 t | +12.6% |
| 2006 | 18,960 t | +16.2% |
| 2007 | 20,400 t | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 19,560 t | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 20,400 t | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 20,640 t | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 20,400 t | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 20,640 t | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 20,988 t | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 22,546 t | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 22,536 t | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 23,678 t | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 23,122 t | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 23,761 t | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 29,411 t | +23.8% |
| 2020 | 30,723 t | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 32,270 t | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 30,191 t | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 29,595 t | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 32,659 t | +10.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,645 t | 8,592 t | 8,688 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 15,205 t | 8,640 t | 20,400 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,772 t | 20,400 t | 29,411 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,088 t | 29,595 t | 32,659 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 11 Chad 43,154 t compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 506.14 t compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 320.45 t compare
- 12 Sudan 40,863 t compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 204.77 t compare
- 13 Mongolia 38,082 t compare
- 14 Melanesia 124.71 t compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 9.82 t compare
- 15 Uzbekistan 30,845 t compare
- 16 Nigeria 29,621 t compare
- 16 Polynesia 0.51 t compare
- 17 Saudi Arabia 28,720 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 raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Ethiopia?
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Ethiopia was 32,659 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 32,659 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,592 t in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production?
- Ethiopia ranks 14th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.9%. 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 Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production. 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.