Sweet potatoes — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 28,431 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — yield in Ethiopia stood at 28,431 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 42,026 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 7,293 kg/ha, in 2006.
That places Ethiopia 9th out of 112 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 — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 8,036 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 7,949 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 7,970 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 7,950 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 8,030 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 8,000 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 8,906 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2000 | 10,000 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2001 | 9,710 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 9,967 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 10,591 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 9,942 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 8,125 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2006 | 7,293 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 8,430 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2008 | 7,948 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 8,435 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 24,132 kg/ha | +186.1% |
| 2011 | 25,056 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 25,876 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 29,725 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2014 | 42,026 kg/ha | +41.4% |
| 2015 | 41,924 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 30,769 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2017 | 31,006 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 30,423 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 31,014 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 28,285 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 23,343 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 21,272 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2023 | 28,452 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 2024 | 28,431 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 28,431 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,630 kg/ha, 3.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 28,431 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 3.8× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +186.1% | 8,435 kg/ha | 24,132 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,120 kg/ha | 7,949 kg/ha | 8,906 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 9,044 kg/ha | 7,293 kg/ha | 10,591 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,195 kg/ha | 24,132 kg/ha | 42,026 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,957 kg/ha | 21,272 kg/ha | 28,452 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 30,206 kg/ha compare
- 7 Botswana 29,658 kg/ha compare
- 7 Polynesia 10,197 kg/ha compare
- 8 Spain 29,045 kg/ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 6,437 kg/ha compare
- 10 Barbados 27,604 kg/ha compare
- 10 Cabo Verde 13,957 kg/ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 5,636 kg/ha compare
- 11 Cook Islands 27,481 kg/ha compare
- 12 Malawi 25,355 kg/ha compare
- 12 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5,461 kg/ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 5,461 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 sweet potatoes — yield in Ethiopia?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Ethiopia was 28,431 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 42,026 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,293 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Ethiopia rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 9th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.3%. 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 — 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.