Vegetables Primary — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 4,785 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 4,785 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 5,006 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3,104 kg/ha, in 1993.
Ethiopia ranks 176th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3,104 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 3,197 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 3,253 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 3,291 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 3,273 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 3,331 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 3,419 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 3,457 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 3,600 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 3,738 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 3,897 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 4,404 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2005 | 4,578 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 3,833 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2007 | 3,738 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 4,006 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 4,114 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 4,909 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2011 | 4,747 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 4,756 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 4,628 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 4,556 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 4,370 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 4,668 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 4,626 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 4,930 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 5,006 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 4,898 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 4,645 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 4,884 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 4,861 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 4,785 kg/ha | -1.6% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 4,785 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,639 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 4,785 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,414 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,267 kg/ha | 3,104 kg/ha | 3,419 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 3,937 kg/ha | 3,457 kg/ha | 4,578 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,720 kg/ha | 4,370 kg/ha | 5,006 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,815 kg/ha | 4,645 kg/ha | 4,898 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 vegetables primary — yield in Ethiopia?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Ethiopia was 4,785 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,006 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,104 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 176th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. 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 — 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.