Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 42,586 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — yield in Ethiopia is 42,586 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 110,417 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 23,060 kg/ha, in 2012.
That places Ethiopia 98th out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 106,250 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 75,000 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1995 | 80,000 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 98,886 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1997 | 93,118 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 97,059 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 99,020 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 97,038 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 97,091 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 93,634 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 96,000 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 106,062 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 110,417 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 110,000 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 86,415 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2008 | 29,513 kg/ha | -65.8% |
| 2009 | 32,654 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2010 | 38,310 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2011 | 38,370 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 23,060 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 2013 | 48,268 kg/ha | +109.3% |
| 2014 | 51,806 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 46,903 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 45,078 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 41,322 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 46,504 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2019 | 46,747 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 45,577 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 42,576 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 41,474 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 43,471 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 42,586 kg/ha | -2.0% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 42,586 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 42,586 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 42,586 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +109.3% | 23,060 kg/ha | 48,268 kg/ha |
| 2008 | -65.8% | 86,415 kg/ha | 29,513 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92,762 kg/ha | 75,000 kg/ha | 106,250 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 85,882 kg/ha | 29,513 kg/ha | 110,417 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,637 kg/ha | 23,060 kg/ha | 51,806 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,137 kg/ha | 41,474 kg/ha | 45,577 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 sugar crops primary — yield in Ethiopia?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Ethiopia was 42,586 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 110,417 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,060 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Ethiopia rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 98th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.