Sorghum — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Sorghum — Area harvested was 1.65 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Ethiopia is 1.65 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.5% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 2.09 million ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 448,210 ha, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 8th out of 120 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.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 448,210 ha | — |
| 1994 | 753,990 ha | +68.2% |
| 1995 | 919,830 ha | +22.0% |
| 1996 | 1.33 million ha | +44.8% |
| 1997 | 1.44 million ha | +8.4% |
| 1998 | 981,710 ha | -32.0% |
| 1999 | 1.07 million ha | +8.9% |
| 2000 | 1.01 million ha | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 1.36 million ha | +34.4% |
| 2002 | 1.13 million ha | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 1.34 million ha | +17.9% |
| 2004 | 1.28 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 1.25 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 1.47 million ha | +17.1% |
| 2007 | 1.51 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 1.58 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 1.67 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 1.90 million ha | +13.8% |
| 2011 | 2.05 million ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 2.09 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 1.84 million ha | -12.0% |
| 2014 | 1.83 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.85 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.88 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 1.90 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 2.02 million ha | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 1.97 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 2.02 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 1.83 million ha | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 1.52 million ha | -17.1% |
| 2023 | 1.48 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 1.65 million ha | +11.5% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 1.65 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 260,000 ha, 6.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 1.65 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 7.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Ethiopia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +68.2% | 448,210 ha | 753,990 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 992,593 ha | 448,210 ha | 1.44 million ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.36 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.67 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.93 million ha | 1.83 million ha | 2.09 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.70 million ha | 1.48 million ha | 2.02 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 648,842 ha compare
- 5 Niger 3.43 million ha compare
- 6 Burkina Faso 1.90 million ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27,537 ha compare
- 7 Mali 1.69 million ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,695 ha compare
- 9 Brazil 1.36 million ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,000 ha compare
- 10 Mexico 1.29 million ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 6,305 ha compare
- 11 South Sudan 1.02 million ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 3,582 ha 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 sorghum — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Ethiopia was 1.65 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.09 million ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 448,210 ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 8th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. 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 Sorghum — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.