Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 592,759 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Ethiopia is 592,759 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 638,568 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 227,810 ha, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 12th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 227,810 ha | — |
| 1994 | 234,833 ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 236,614 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 237,168 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 239,247 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 242,411 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 246,080 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 250,869 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 241,985 ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 262,001 ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 259,096 ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 274,709 ha | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 293,209 ha | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 320,242 ha | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 291,010 ha | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 318,513 ha | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 351,764 ha | +10.4% |
| 2010 | 379,470 ha | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 409,837 ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 470,167 ha | +14.7% |
| 2013 | 487,557 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 459,291 ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 413,222 ha | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 534,699 ha | +29.4% |
| 2017 | 623,775 ha | +16.7% |
| 2018 | 638,568 ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 631,086 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 605,472 ha | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 602,174 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 617,822 ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 584,710 ha | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 592,759 ha | +1.4% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 592,759 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 115,990 ha, 5.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 592,759 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 9.6× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 237,738 ha | 227,810 ha | 246,080 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 286,340 ha | 241,985 ha | 351,764 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 504,767 ha | 379,470 ha | 638,568 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 600,587 ha | 584,710 ha | 617,822 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 9 Bangladesh 702,137 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 272,954 ha compare
- 10 Cameroon 680,510 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 192,215 ha compare
- 11 Mexico 670,490 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 99,761 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 92,238 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 85,859 ha compare
- 13 Russian Federation 462,245 ha compare
- 14 Guinea 445,689 ha compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 64,997 ha compare
- 15 Pakistan 426,309 ha compare
- 15 Melanesia 64,242 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Ethiopia was 592,759 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 638,568 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 227,810 ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 12th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.1%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.