Taro — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Taro — Yield was 24,749 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Taro — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — yield in Ethiopia is 24,749 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 28,964 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 23,536 kg/ha, in 2016.
That places Ethiopia 4th out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Taro — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 25,783 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 25,766 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 25,749 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 25,732 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 25,716 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 25,699 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 25,682 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 25,665 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 25,648 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 25,632 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 25,615 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 25,598 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 25,581 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 25,564 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 25,548 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 25,520 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 25,480 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 25,441 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 25,526 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 25,443 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 25,692 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 25,689 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 28,964 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2016 | 23,536 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2017 | 23,784 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 24,381 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 24,653 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 25,162 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 24,123 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 25,690 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 24,905 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 24,749 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 24,749 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 6,535 kg/ha, 3.8× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 24,749 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,621 kg/ha, 3.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25,732 kg/ha | 25,682 kg/ha | 25,783 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 25,585 kg/ha | 25,480 kg/ha | 25,665 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,311 kg/ha | 23,536 kg/ha | 28,964 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,926 kg/ha | 24,123 kg/ha | 25,690 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 1 Guyana 72,023 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 19,827 kg/ha compare
- 2 Palestine 54,208 kg/ha compare
- 3 Egypt 36,345 kg/ha compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10,386 kg/ha compare
- 5 Cyprus 22,094 kg/ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 9,568 kg/ha compare
- 6 Fiji 20,000 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 19,282 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 taro — yield in Ethiopia?
- Taro — yield in Ethiopia was 24,749 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 28,964 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,536 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Ethiopia rank for taro — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 4th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Taro — 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.