Tea leaves — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 7,135 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — area harvested in Ethiopia stood at 7,135 ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 43.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 7,215 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,650 ha, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 26th out of 51 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,230 ha | 2,650 ha | 3,441 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 3,700 ha | 3,489 ha | 3,978 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,261 ha | 3,955 ha | 6,952 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,122 ha | 7,070 ha | 7,215 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 23 Burundi 8,021 ha compare
- 24 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,735 ha compare
- 25 Mozambique 7,228 ha compare
- 27 Zimbabwe 4,868 ha compare
- 28 Papua New Guinea 3,543 ha compare
- 28 Melanesia 3,543 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture share gdp 32.82 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.82 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
- Rural population 75.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 102.81 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 41.47 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.19 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Ethiopia was 7,135 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 7,215 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,650 ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 26th out of 51 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tea leaves — Area harvested. 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.