Soya beans — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Soya beans — Area harvested was 90,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 90,000 ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 109.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 110,023 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,027 ha, in 2003.
Ethiopia ranks 34th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3,131 ha | — |
| 1994 | 3,305 ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 3,800 ha | +15.0% |
| 1996 | 3,643 ha | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 3,807 ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 4,300 ha | +12.9% |
| 1999 | 4,237 ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 4,900 ha | +15.6% |
| 2001 | 4,714 ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 5,200 ha | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 1,027 ha | -80.2% |
| 2004 | 2,606 ha | +153.7% |
| 2005 | 3,338 ha | +28.1% |
| 2006 | 6,320 ha | +89.3% |
| 2007 | 6,352 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 7,807 ha | +22.9% |
| 2009 | 5,679 ha | -27.3% |
| 2010 | 7,960 ha | +40.2% |
| 2011 | 15,790 ha | +98.4% |
| 2012 | 27,190 ha | +72.2% |
| 2013 | 44,660 ha | +64.3% |
| 2014 | 42,880 ha | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 49,430 ha | +15.3% |
| 2016 | 64,340 ha | +30.2% |
| 2017 | 62,588 ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 90,095 ha | +43.9% |
| 2019 | 110,023 ha | +22.1% |
| 2020 | 83,797 ha | -23.8% |
| 2021 | 108,788 ha | +29.8% |
| 2022 | 90,805 ha | -16.5% |
| 2023 | 90,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 90,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 66,044 ha, 1.4× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 90,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69,324 ha, 1.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,746 ha | 3,131 ha | 4,300 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 4,794 ha | 1,027 ha | 7,807 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,496 ha | 7,960 ha | 110,023 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 92,678 ha | 83,797 ha | 108,788 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 31 Croatia 102,990 ha compare
- 32 Kazakhstan 98,980 ha compare
- 33 Colombia 93,267 ha compare
- 35 Austria 89,740 ha compare
- 36 Republic of Korea 74,018 ha compare
- 37 Yugoslav SFR 72,886 ha
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 soya beans — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Ethiopia was 90,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 110,023 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,027 ha in 2003.
- How does Ethiopia rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 34th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 109.9%. 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 Soya beans — 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.