Sugar cane — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 23,419 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in Ethiopia stood at 23,419 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.1% on the previous year and down 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 32,069 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 15,000 ha, in 1995.
That places Ethiopia 47th out of 103 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.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 16,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 21,070 ha | +23.9% |
| 2000 | 22,430 ha | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 22,990 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 23,840 ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 25,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 23,140 ha | -7.4% |
| 2005 | 24,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 21,430 ha | -14.3% |
| 2008 | 15,487 ha | -27.7% |
| 2009 | 18,858 ha | +21.8% |
| 2010 | 23,300 ha | +23.6% |
| 2011 | 21,951 ha | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 22,208 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 29,027 ha | +30.7% |
| 2014 | 30,053 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 29,358 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 31,228 ha | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 27,492 ha | -12.0% |
| 2018 | 27,827 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 32,069 ha | +15.2% |
| 2020 | 29,520 ha | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 25,653 ha | -13.1% |
| 2022 | 19,659 ha | -23.4% |
| 2023 | 24,944 ha | +26.9% |
| 2024 | 23,419 ha | -6.1% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 23,419 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,060 ha, 2.9× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 23,419 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 1.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16,724 ha | 15,000 ha | 21,070 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 22,218 ha | 15,487 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,451 ha | 21,951 ha | 32,069 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,639 ha | 19,659 ha | 29,520 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Ethiopia was 23,419 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 32,069 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 1995.
- How does Ethiopia rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 47th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.1%. 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 Sugar cane — Area harvested. 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.