Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 15,758 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 15,758 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 19,026 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 10,986 kg/ha, in 2005.
That places Ethiopia 101st out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 13,395 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 13,328 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 13,115 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 12,948 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 12,633 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 12,819 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 13,181 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 13,357 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 14,145 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 14,996 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 13,345 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2004 | 13,025 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 10,986 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2006 | 11,037 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 11,683 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 12,631 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 13,415 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 13,081 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 14,622 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 14,848 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 16,208 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 19,026 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2015 | 18,871 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 16,741 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2017 | 15,949 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 17,485 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 17,841 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 17,636 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 15,850 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 15,886 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 16,150 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 15,758 kg/ha | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13,060 kg/ha | 12,633 kg/ha | 13,395 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 12,862 kg/ha | 10,986 kg/ha | 14,996 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,467 kg/ha | 13,081 kg/ha | 19,026 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,256 kg/ha | 15,758 kg/ha | 17,636 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Ethiopia?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Ethiopia was 15,758 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 19,026 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,986 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Ethiopia rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 101st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.