COFFEE MONITOR: ETHIOPIA
Independent evidence on Ethiopia's coffee economy · Seattle, Washington

Global Coffee Observatory · 2026 research cycle closed
Evidence record frozen 11 September 2026. Comparative producer-price results are under independent validation.

Every origin counts its exports.
Almost none accounts for the farm gate.

Can you find out what a coffee farmer was paid?

Fifty-one countries grow the world's coffee. Explore who grows what, when the harvests move around the planet, and what each country lets you see of the price its growers received.

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How to read the ratings A row carries a rating only when a dated document is on file for it. A row that has been researched and then withheld, because the evidence chain does not close, is shown as held rather than as unchecked: those are different findings and the map keeps them apart. An origin with no rating at all has not done badly: it means no row on it has a dated document on file yet. A benchmark price is what growers were offered; the farm-gate row asks what they actually received. The Grower price layer covers both of those rows at once, and a country can stand at a different point on each. Where they differ the country is drawn at the furthest-along of the two, in this order: a published rating, then held, then reviewed without a determination. A cell marked reviewed has been searched and closed for this cycle without a rating: the evidence found, the decisive blocker and the condition that would reopen it are all recorded. The 2026 research cycle is closed and the evidence record was frozen on 11 September 2026: all 306 cells across the 51 origins were reviewed to a defined release status. Held cells, reviewed cells and the one unresolved rating dispute are outcomes of the method, not signs of an unfinished build. Comparative results drawn from the 102 producer-price cells are separately under independent validation. That is a finding, not unfinished work, and it is deliberately not converted into a rating merely because the search is over. Colombia is the current example: its benchmark row carries an unresolved rating dispute, where the evidence supports competing states and neither has been adopted, while its farm-gate row was reviewed without a determination. Disputed outranks reviewed, so it is drawn as disputed.

All 51 origins

The same data as the map above, in one static table. Production is in thousands of 60-kg bags, shown as k for thousand and m for million. Production is USDA's 2026/27 forecast for the 25 origins USDA names separately and FAO's latest actual for the rest; the source column says which. A final count appears only when all six audit rows have been settled.

Coffee origins with production, harvest, species and public-data audit status
OriginProduction
60-kg bags
Source HarvestSpeciesResearch CountFarm-gate priceBenchmark price
Angola126kFAO 2024 actualNot yet mappedNot separately reportedReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Bolivia384kFAO 2024 actualMay–AugNot separately reportedReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Brazil71.9mUSDA 2026/27 forecastMay–Sep66% Arabica / 34% RobustaDeterminations on record—Held, evidence pendingHeld, evidence pending
Burundi115kFAO 2024 actualMar–JulNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Cameroon496kFAO 2024 actualSpecies/region dependentNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Central African RepublicWithheldUnder reviewNot yet mappedNot separately reportedReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
China1.90mUSDA 2026/27 forecastOct–MarArabica onlyReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Colombia13.4mUSDA 2026/27 forecastApr–Jun + Sep–DecArabica onlyRating dispute on record—Reviewed, no determinationRating disputed, unresolved
Congo (Kinshasa)1.10mFAO 2024 actualRegional/species dependentNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Costa Rica1.20mUSDA 2026/27 forecastNov–MarArabica onlyDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Cote d'Ivoire1.30mUSDA 2026/27 forecastOct–FebRobusta onlyDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Cuba100kFAO 2024 actualNot yet mappedNot separately reportedReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Dominican Republic414kFAO 2024 actualNot yet mappedNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Held, evidence pendingReviewed, no determination
Ecuador350kUSDA 2026/27 forecastMay–AugNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Held, evidence pendingReviewed, no determination
El Salvador542kUSDA 2026/27 forecastOct–MarNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Ethiopia12.1mUSDA 2026/27 forecastOct–JanArabica onlyDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Gabon2kFAO 2024 actualNot yet mappedNot separately reportedReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Ghana12kFAO 2024 actualNot yet mappedNot separately reportedReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Guatemala3.26mUSDA 2026/27 forecastOct–Apr96% Arabica / 4% RobustaDeterminations on record—Held, evidence pendingReviewed, no determination
GuineaWithheldUnder reviewNot yet mappedNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Honduras6.03mUSDA 2026/27 forecastOct–AprArabica onlyDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
India6.14mUSDA 2026/27 forecastNov–Mar25% Arabica / 75% RobustaReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Indonesia11.4mUSDA 2026/27 forecastRegional, near year-round12% Arabica / 88% RobustaDeterminations on record—Held, evidence pendingReviewed, no determination
Jamaica109kFAO 2024 actualAug–MarNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Kenya950kUSDA 2026/27 forecastMay–Aug fly + Oct–Jan mainArabica onlyDeterminations on record—Held, evidence pendingHeld, evidence pending
Laos500kUSDA 2026/27 forecastNot yet mappedNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Liberia11kFAO 2024 actualNot yet mappedNot separately reportedReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Madagascar826kFAO 2024 actualNot yet mappedNot separately reportedReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Malawi187kFAO 2024 actualMay–SepNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Malaysia1.50mUSDA 2026/27 forecastNot yet mappedRobusta onlyDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Mexico4.13mUSDA 2026/27 forecastOct–Apr86% Arabica / 14% RobustaDeterminations on record—Held, evidence pendingReviewed, no determination
Nepal8kFAO 2024 actualNot yet mappedNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Nicaragua2.44mUSDA 2026/27 forecastOct–Apr94% Arabica / 6% RobustaDeterminations on record—Held, evidence pendingReviewed, no determination
Nigeria30kFAO 2024 actualNot yet mappedNot separately reportedReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Panama105kFAO 2024 actualNov–MarNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Held, evidence pendingReviewed, no determination
Papua New Guinea800kUSDA 2026/27 forecastMay–AugNot separately reportedReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Peru4.78mUSDA 2026/27 forecastApr–AugArabica onlyRe-adjudication required—Held, evidence pendingReviewed, no determination
Philippines475kUSDA 2026/27 forecastNot yet mappedNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Held, evidence pendingHeld, evidence pending
Rwanda297kFAO 2024 actualMar–AugNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Held, evidence pendingHeld, evidence pending
Sierra Leone37kFAO 2024 actualNot yet mappedNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Tanzania1.60mUSDA 2026/27 forecastApr–Dec by region53% Arabica / 47% RobustaDeterminations on record—Held, evidence pendingReviewed, no determination
Thailand900kUSDA 2026/27 forecastNot yet mappedRobusta onlyDeterminations on record—Held, evidence pendingHeld, evidence pending
Timor-Leste159kFAO 2024 actualMay–SepNot separately reportedReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Togo363kFAO 2024 actualNot yet mappedNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Uganda7.16mUSDA 2026/27 forecastMultiple regional seasons16% Arabica / 84% RobustaDeterminations on record—Published, not reproducibleHeld, evidence pending
United States64kFAO 2024 actualNot yet mappedNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Held, evidence pendingReviewed, no determination
Venezuela500kUSDA 2026/27 forecastNot yet mappedNot separately reportedReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Vietnam32.5mUSDA 2026/27 forecastOct–Mar3% Arabica / 97% RobustaReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Yemen442kFAO 2024 actualOct–JanNot separately reportedDeterminations on record—Reviewed, no determinationHeld, evidence pending
Zambia147kFAO 2024 actualNot yet mappedNot separately reportedReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination
Zimbabwe10kFAO 2024 actualNot yet mappedNot separately reportedReviewed, no determination—Reviewed, no determinationReviewed, no determination