Cereal yield in Ethiopia

Cereal farms in Ethiopia harvested 2,632 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2018.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ethiopia, 2024 2,632 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 −0.9% 2023: 2,656 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Ethiopia (2024).
Position in 2024 101st of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Ethiopia over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period EthiopiaWorld
2024 2,632 kg per hectare –
2023 2,656 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 2,691 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 2,661 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 2,713 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 2,711 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 2,522 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 2,519 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 2,327 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 2,337 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 2,228 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 2,066 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 1,940 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 1,764 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 1,760 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 1,650 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 1,426 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 1,449 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 1,563 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 1,361 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 1,162 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 1,123 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 1,353 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 1,197 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 1,116 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.9% from 2,656 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 2,228 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +18.1%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Ethiopia has the 101st highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Ethiopia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)