Wheat — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Wheat — Area harvested was 2.13 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Ethiopia is 2.13 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 2.17 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 578,230 ha, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 19th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 578,230 ha | — |
| 1994 | 746,810 ha | +29.2% |
| 1995 | 826,840 ha | +10.7% |
| 1996 | 959,450 ha | +16.0% |
| 1997 | 846,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1998 | 831,770 ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 1.03 million ha | +24.0% |
| 2000 | 1.06 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 1.20 million ha | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 1.01 million ha | -16.4% |
| 2003 | 1.17 million ha | +15.9% |
| 2004 | 1.10 million ha | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 1.40 million ha | +27.2% |
| 2006 | 1.46 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 1.52 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 1.47 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 1.73 million ha | +18.2% |
| 2010 | 1.83 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 1.70 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 1.63 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 1.61 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 1.66 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 1.66 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.82 million ha | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 1.83 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.95 million ha | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 1.95 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2.00 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 2.13 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 2.09 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 2.17 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 2.13 million ha | -1.6% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 2.13 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 13,755 ha, 154.8× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 2.13 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 165.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 831,463 ha | 578,230 ha | 1.03 million ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.31 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.73 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.76 million ha | 1.61 million ha | 1.95 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.10 million ha | 2.00 million ha | 2.17 million 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 wheat — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Wheat — area harvested in Ethiopia was 2.13 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.17 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 578,230 ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 19th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.0%. 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 Wheat — 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.