Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 451,283 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 451,283 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 51.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 515,368 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 90,942 ha, in 1994.
That places Ethiopia 25th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 92,463 ha | — |
| 1994 | 90,942 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 91,335 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 92,252 ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 97,427 ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 101,792 ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 106,621 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 111,163 ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 108,594 ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 102,422 ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 129,925 ha | +26.9% |
| 2004 | 121,341 ha | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 137,678 ha | +13.5% |
| 2006 | 144,845 ha | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 173,652 ha | +19.9% |
| 2008 | 113,768 ha | -34.5% |
| 2009 | 175,416 ha | +54.2% |
| 2010 | 241,531 ha | +37.7% |
| 2011 | 210,886 ha | -12.7% |
| 2012 | 237,823 ha | +12.8% |
| 2013 | 299,855 ha | +26.1% |
| 2014 | 298,740 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 377,499 ha | +26.4% |
| 2016 | 427,921 ha | +13.4% |
| 2017 | 476,372 ha | +11.3% |
| 2018 | 440,474 ha | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 421,083 ha | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 473,462 ha | +12.4% |
| 2021 | 515,368 ha | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 433,381 ha | -15.9% |
| 2023 | 423,114 ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 451,283 ha | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 96,119 ha | 90,942 ha | 106,621 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 131,880 ha | 102,422 ha | 175,416 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 343,218 ha | 210,886 ha | 476,372 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 459,322 ha | 423,114 ha | 515,368 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Ethiopia was 451,283 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 515,368 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 90,942 ha in 1994.
- How does Ethiopia rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 25th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.1%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.