Sorghum — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Sorghum — Yield was 2,485 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Ethiopia stood at 2,485 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 2,784 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 931.9 kg/ha, in 1994.
Ethiopia ranks 36th of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1,402 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 931.9 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 1995 | 1,240 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 1996 | 1,358 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 1,414 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 1,103 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1999 | 1,248 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2000 | 1,175 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2001 | 1,139 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 1,365 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2003 | 1,336 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 1,357 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 1,369 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 1,481 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 1,582 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 1,734 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 1,836 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 2,108 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2011 | 2,060 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 2,007 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 2,083 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 2,365 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2015 | 2,570 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 2,525 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 2,726 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 2,653 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 2,765 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 2,784 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 2,635 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 2,556 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 2,710 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 2,485 kg/ha | -8.3% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 2,485 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 709.65 kg/ha, 3.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 2,485 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,242 kg/ha | 931.9 kg/ha | 1,414 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1,437 kg/ha | 1,139 kg/ha | 1,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,386 kg/ha | 2,007 kg/ha | 2,765 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,634 kg/ha | 2,485 kg/ha | 2,784 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 sorghum — yield in Ethiopia?
- Sorghum — yield in Ethiopia was 2,485 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,784 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 931.9 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Ethiopia rank for sorghum — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 36th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. 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 — 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.