Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0003 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 0.0003 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.1% on the previous year and down 52.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Ethiopia peaked at 0.0007 ha per person in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0003 ha per person, in 2024.
That places Ethiopia 52nd out of 99 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.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.0004 ha per person | — |
| 1994 | 0.0004 ha per person | -9.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0003 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0003 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0004 ha per person | +23.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0004 ha per person | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0004 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0004 ha per person | +17.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0005 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0005 ha per person | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0006 ha per person | +33.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0006 ha per person | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0006 ha per person | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0007 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0007 ha per person | +13.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0004 ha per person | -48.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0006 ha per person | +57.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0003 ha per person | -45.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0004 ha per person | +30.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0005 ha per person | +26.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0007 ha per person | +27.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0007 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0007 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0007 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0007 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0005 ha per person | -19.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0006 ha per person | +22.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0006 ha per person | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0005 ha per person | -25.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0004 ha per person | -19.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0003 ha per person | -13.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Ethiopia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Ethiopia was 0.0003 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0007 ha per person in 2007.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0003 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Ethiopia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Ethiopia ranks 52nd out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.