Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Ethiopia

Arable land in Ethiopia in 2023 — 16,399,972 ha. Ranked 19 in the world out of 206. Since 1993, the indicator has risen by 64%.

2023 16.4M ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 19of 206
Period maximum 16.43M ha2021
Period minimum 9.85M ha2002

Trend over time

1993–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Ethiopia, 1993–20238M10M12M14M16M18M199319961999200220052008201120142017202020231993: 10,000,000 ha1994: 9,932,000 ha1995: 9,940,000 ha1996: 9,927,000 ha1997: 9,900,000 ha1998: 9,891,000 ha1999: 9,881,000 ha2000: 9,872,000 ha2001: 9,862,000 ha2002: 9,853,000 ha2003: 10,928,000 ha2004: 12,364,000 ha2005: 12,823,000 ha2006: 13,396,000 ha2007: 14,038,000 ha2008: 13,606,000 ha2009: 13,948,000 ha2010: 14,565,000 ha2011: 15,193,200 ha2012: 15,346,000 ha2013: 15,471,000 ha2014: 15,596,000 ha2015: 15,721,000 ha2016: 15,846,000 ha2017: 15,969,200 ha2018: 16,187,000 ha2019: 16,192,000 ha2020: 16,195,100 ha2021: 16,431,172 ha2022: 16,399,972 ha2023: 16,399,972 ha
Change over the period: +6.4M (+64%) Average annual rate: 1.66 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ethiopia

Ethiopia 16.4M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 240M ha
Eastern Africa computed 70.81M ha
Low-income countries computed 142M ha
Arable land — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 16.4M +0 +0%
2022 16.4M −31,200 −0.19%
2021 16.43M +236,072 +1.46%
2020 16.2M +3,100 +0.02%
2019 16.19M +5,000 +0.03%
2018 16.19M +217,800 +1.36%
2017 15.97M +123,200 +0.78%
2016 15.85M +125,000 +0.8%
2015 15.72M +125,000 +0.8%
2014 15.6M +125,000 +0.81%
2013 15.47M +125,000 +0.81%
2012 15.35M +152,800 +1.01%
2011 15.19M +628,200 +4.31%
2010 14.57M +617,000 +4.42%
2009 13.95M +342,000 +2.51%
2008 13.61M −432,000 −3.08%
2007 14.04M +642,000 +4.79%
2006 13.4M +573,000 +4.47%
2005 12.82M +459,000 +3.71%
2004 12.36M +1.44M +13.14%
2003 10.93M +1.08M +10.91%
2002 9.85M −9,000 −0.09%
2001 9.86M −10,000 −0.1%
2000 9.87M −9,000 −0.09%
1999 9.88M −10,000 −0.1%
1998 9.89M −9,000 −0.09%
1997 9.9M −27,000 −0.27%
1996 9.93M −13,000 −0.13%
1995 9.94M +8,000 +0.08%
1994 9.93M −68,000 −0.68%
1993 10M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.