Vetches — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Vetches — Area harvested was 139,813 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vetches — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vetches — area harvested in Ethiopia stood at 139,813 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 205,374 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 72,510 ha, in 1993.
Ethiopia ranks 2nd of 43 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Vetches — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 72,510 ha | — |
| 1994 | 89,670 ha | +23.7% |
| 1995 | 85,330 ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 76,680 ha | -10.1% |
| 1997 | 81,970 ha | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 93,000 ha | +13.5% |
| 1999 | 95,050 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 110,580 ha | +16.3% |
| 2001 | 114,060 ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 83,522 ha | -26.8% |
| 2003 | 83,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 82,713 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 112,425 ha | +35.9% |
| 2006 | 123,462 ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 124,954 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 147,172 ha | +17.8% |
| 2009 | 135,658 ha | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 131,044 ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 179,866 ha | +37.3% |
| 2012 | 205,374 ha | +14.2% |
| 2013 | 169,441 ha | -17.5% |
| 2014 | 136,884 ha | -19.2% |
| 2015 | 159,106 ha | +16.2% |
| 2016 | 151,269 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 143,086 ha | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 130,543 ha | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 145,537 ha | +11.5% |
| 2020 | 143,894 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 148,520 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 157,587 ha | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 143,771 ha | -8.8% |
| 2024 | 139,813 ha | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84,887 ha | 72,510 ha | 95,050 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 111,755 ha | 82,713 ha | 147,172 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 155,215 ha | 130,543 ha | 205,374 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 146,717 ha | 139,813 ha | 157,587 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 1 USSR 602,000 ha
- 3 Spain 127,005 ha compare
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 32,952 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 78,047 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 1,235 ha compare
- 5 Ethiopia PDR 75,750 ha
- 5 Republic of Moldova 102 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 vetches — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Vetches — area harvested in Ethiopia was 139,813 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 205,374 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 72,510 ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 2nd out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. 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 Vetches — 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.