Yams — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Yams — Area harvested was 5,060 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 2013–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Ethiopia is 5,060 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.1% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 9,206 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4,101 ha, in 2018.
That places Ethiopia 26th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4,514 ha | — |
| 2014 | 4,426 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 5,522 ha | +24.8% |
| 2016 | 5,603 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 5,356 ha | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 4,101 ha | -23.4% |
| 2019 | 5,323 ha | +29.8% |
| 2020 | 4,874 ha | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 9,206 ha | +88.9% |
| 2022 | 5,403 ha | -41.3% |
| 2023 | 5,390 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 5,060 ha | -6.1% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 5,060 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 6,534 ha, 77% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 5,060 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,822 ha, 65% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4,978 ha | 4,101 ha | 5,603 ha | 7 |
| 2020s | 5,987 ha | 4,874 ha | 9,206 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 yams — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Yams — area harvested in Ethiopia was 5,060 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 9,206 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,101 ha in 2018.
- How does Ethiopia rank for yams — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 26th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. 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 Yams — 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.