Rice — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Rice — Yield was 2,994 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Ethiopia, 2007–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Ethiopia is 2,994 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 3,145 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,031 kg/ha, in 2010.
Ethiopia ranks 76th of 114 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2,919 kg/ha | — |
| 2008 | 2,035 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 2009 | 2,160 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 2,031 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 2,846 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 2012 | 2,895 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 2,721 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 2,815 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 2,646 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 2,623 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 2,844 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 2,570 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2019 | 2,682 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 3,145 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2021 | 2,939 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 3,014 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 3,029 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 2,994 kg/ha | -1.2% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 2,994 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 2,994 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,371 kg/ha | 2,035 kg/ha | 2,919 kg/ha | 3 |
| 2010s | 2,667 kg/ha | 2,031 kg/ha | 2,895 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,024 kg/ha | 2,939 kg/ha | 3,145 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 rice — yield in Ethiopia?
- Rice — yield in Ethiopia was 2,994 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,145 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,031 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does Ethiopia rank for rice — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 76th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. 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 Rice — 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.