Tea leaves — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Tea leaves — Yield was 10,755 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tea leaves — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — yield in Ethiopia stood at 10,755 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 11,321 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 10,740 kg/ha, in 2020.
That places Ethiopia 5th out of 45 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Tea leaves — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 11,321 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 11,122 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 11,118 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 11,114 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 11,110 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 11,106 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 11,103 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 11,099 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 11,095 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 11,091 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 11,088 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 11,084 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 11,080 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 11,078 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 11,073 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 11,069 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 11,065 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 11,061 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 11,057 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 11,053 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 11,049 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 11,045 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 11,041 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 11,063 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 11,069 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 10,786 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 10,776 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 10,740 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 10,742 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 10,770 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 10,751 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 10,755 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 10,755 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 5,536 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 10,755 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,489 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,142 kg/ha | 11,103 kg/ha | 11,321 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 11,082 kg/ha | 11,065 kg/ha | 11,099 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,000 kg/ha | 10,776 kg/ha | 11,069 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,752 kg/ha | 10,740 kg/ha | 10,770 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 2 Argentina 11,944 kg/ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 10,214 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kenya 11,765 kg/ha compare
- 4 Zimbabwe 11,149 kg/ha compare
- 4 Melanesia 9,144 kg/ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 7,494 kg/ha compare
- 6 Cameroon 10,418 kg/ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,031 kg/ha compare
- 7 India 10,036 kg/ha compare
- 8 Brazil 9,715 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 tea leaves — yield in Ethiopia?
- Tea leaves — yield in Ethiopia was 10,755 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 11,321 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,740 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Ethiopia rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 5th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.