Sweet potatoes — Production in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Sweet potatoes — Production was 1.19 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 1.19 million t for sweet potatoes — production in 2024.
The figure is down 10.9% on the previous year and down 58.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Ethiopia peaked at 2.83 million t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 155,000 t, in 1994.
That places Ethiopia 10th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 167,654 t | — |
| 1994 | 155,000 t | -7.5% |
| 1995 | 157,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 159,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 205,095 t | +29.0% |
| 1998 | 200,000 t | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 220,000 t | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 300,000 t | +36.4% |
| 2001 | 310,711 t | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 339,150 t | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 497,143 t | +46.6% |
| 2004 | 452,083 t | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 408,796 t | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 388,814 t | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 524,976 t | +35.0% |
| 2008 | 262,514 t | -50.0% |
| 2009 | 450,697 t | +71.7% |
| 2010 | 723,958 t | +60.6% |
| 2011 | 1.01 million t | +39.1% |
| 2012 | 1.35 million t | +34.0% |
| 2013 | 2.02 million t | +50.0% |
| 2014 | 2.83 million t | +39.9% |
| 2015 | 2.83 million t | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2.21 million t | -22.1% |
| 2017 | 2.23 million t | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1.81 million t | -18.9% |
| 2019 | 1.86 million t | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 2.13 million t | +14.4% |
| 2021 | 1.72 million t | -19.4% |
| 2022 | 1.20 million t | -30.0% |
| 2023 | 1.33 million t | +10.7% |
| 2024 | 1.19 million t | -10.9% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 1.19 million t is above the median for low income countries, which is 314,757 t, 3.8× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 1.19 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 179,140 t, 6.6× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 180,536 t | 155,000 t | 220,000 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 393,488 t | 262,514 t | 524,976 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.89 million t | 723,958 t | 2.83 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.51 million t | 1.19 million t | 2.13 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 7 Rwanda 1.40 million t compare
- 7 Melanesia 866,742 t compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 625,963 t compare
- 8 India 1.31 million t compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 576,338 t compare
- 9 Madagascar 1.30 million t compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 138,700 t compare
- 11 Uganda 1.03 million t compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 22,666 t compare
- 12 Brazil 970,050 t compare
- 12 Polynesia 7,334 t compare
- 13 Burundi 944,229 t compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 4,825 t 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 sweet potatoes — production in Ethiopia?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Ethiopia was 1.19 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.83 million t in 2015.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 155,000 t in 1994.
- How does Ethiopia rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Ethiopia ranks 10th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.1%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Production. 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.