Tomatoes — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Tomatoes — Yield was 8,057 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tomatoes — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — yield in Ethiopia is 8,057 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 14,590 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4,667 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Ethiopia 151st out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 11,067 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 12,500 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1995 | 12,439 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 12,381 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 11,288 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 12,326 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 10,040 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2000 | 9,228 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2001 | 5,240 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 2002 | 4,667 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2003 | 14,590 kg/ha | +212.6% |
| 2004 | 12,386 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2005 | 7,395 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 2006 | 7,083 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 7,050 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 7,828 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2009 | 8,802 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 9,327 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 11,909 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 2012 | 13,540 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2013 | 9,710 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 2014 | 7,046 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 2015 | 8,181 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2016 | 8,464 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 5,015 kg/ha | -40.7% |
| 2018 | 9,558 kg/ha | +90.6% |
| 2019 | 5,960 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 2020 | 9,596 kg/ha | +61.0% |
| 2021 | 9,206 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 6,856 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 2023 | 8,471 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2024 | 8,057 kg/ha | -4.9% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 8,057 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 13,402 kg/ha, 60% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 8,057 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13,225 kg/ha, 61% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +212.6% | 4,667 kg/ha | 14,590 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,720 kg/ha | 10,040 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 8,427 kg/ha | 4,667 kg/ha | 14,590 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,871 kg/ha | 5,015 kg/ha | 13,540 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,437 kg/ha | 6,856 kg/ha | 9,596 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
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 tomatoes — yield in Ethiopia?
- Tomatoes — yield in Ethiopia was 8,057 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 14,590 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,667 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Ethiopia rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 151st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — 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.