Soya beans — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Soya beans — Yield was 2,667 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 2,667 kg/ha for soya beans — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.1% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 3,398 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 175.4 kg/ha, in 2004.
That places Ethiopia 17th out of 98 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.
Soya beans — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 928.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 920.8 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 921.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 917.3 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 918.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 930.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 904.6 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 918.4 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 926.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 961.5 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 584.2 kg/ha | -39.2% |
| 2004 | 175.4 kg/ha | -70.0% |
| 2005 | 249.9 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 2006 | 603.2 kg/ha | +141.4% |
| 2007 | 920.8 kg/ha | +52.7% |
| 2008 | 1,076 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2009 | 1,391 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 2010 | 2,751 kg/ha | +97.8% |
| 2011 | 3,141 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2012 | 3,240 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 1,890 kg/ha | -41.7% |
| 2014 | 2,330 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2015 | 2,666 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2016 | 2,262 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2017 | 3,398 kg/ha | +50.3% |
| 2018 | 3,022 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 1,712 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 2020 | 2,490 kg/ha | +45.5% |
| 2021 | 2,492 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,458 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 2,444 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 2,667 kg/ha | +9.1% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 2,667 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 688.4 kg/ha, 3.9× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 2,667 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,022 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +141.4% | 249.9 kg/ha | 603.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 920.16 kg/ha | 904.6 kg/ha | 930.2 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 780.73 kg/ha | 175.4 kg/ha | 1,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,641 kg/ha | 1,712 kg/ha | 3,398 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,510 kg/ha | 2,444 kg/ha | 2,667 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,154 kg/ha compare
- 14 Serbia and Montenegro 2,811 kg/ha compare
- 15 Slovenia 2,791 kg/ha compare
- 16 Austria 2,776 kg/ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 796.7 kg/ha compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 556.9 kg/ha compare
- 18 Guatemala 2,647 kg/ha compare
- 19 France 2,610 kg/ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 1,465 kg/ha compare
- 20 Czechia 2,600 kg/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 soya beans — yield in Ethiopia?
- Soya beans — yield in Ethiopia was 2,667 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,398 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 175.4 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does Ethiopia rank for soya beans — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 17th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. 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 — Yield. 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.