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Ethiopia

Ethiopia reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Seven of ten datasets here reach 2025; three stop earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Ethiopia ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
6thGDP$149.7bn3
35thMobile65 per 10014
41stInternet use21.9%12
Last updated 1 Sep 2026 · World Bank · IMF · UNHCR
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CapitalAddis AbabaLanguagesAmharicCurrencyEthiopian birr · ETBArea1,104,300 km²

At a glance

135.5 million people, half of them under 19, in an economy of $121.5bn in 2026, growing 9.2% a year.

Ethiopia’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
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Current to 2025To 2024Stop by 2023
Population135.5mpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age19.3years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$1,081current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use21.9%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Seven of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Markets and climate stop at 2024; policies stops at 2023. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

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FX rates
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ReportedModelledNo figure
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Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
0102020142024ImportsExports
Imports have run at roughly 2.5 times exports over the decade; the band is the deficit.World BankSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
0$500$1k$1.5k20142024$1,134
Reported every year the record allows.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%20%40%2014202421.0%
21.0% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 33.9% in 2022.IMFSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
04820142024$7.14bn
4 times the 2014 figure.World BankSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
0%40%80%2014202433.4%
Down 11 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Birr per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
0501002014202482.6
Lost 34% of its dollar value in 2024.World Bank GEMSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202456.6%
Up 29 points in a decade — the fastest-moving service in the record.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
4060802014202444.5
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
5065802014202467.6 yrs
The 2021 dip is the pandemic, in vermilion.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
040802014202465
Still below one subscription per person.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
15%20%25%30%2014202423.6%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds powerTen heads of state across eleven terms since 1974, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
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19742026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

Taye Atske Selassie has held the office of President of Ethiopia since Oct 2024. The record holds 17 current ministers, and a Prime Minister of Ethiopia.

ElectedAppointed
Taye Atske SelassieTaye Atske SelassiePresident of Ethiopiain office since Oct 2024
No second seatthe deputy for this date is not in the record
Abiy AhmedAbiy AhmedPrime Minister of Ethiopiain office since Apr 2018
18 seats confirmed current · 18 recorded for 2025
17Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
Culture and TourismCulture and SportDefenceEducationInnovation and TechnologyIrrigation and LowlandsLabour and Skills DevelopmentPeace (Ethiopia)TourismUrbanization and InfrastructureWater and EnergyWomen and Social AffairsForeign AffairsFinance and Economic DevelopmentPlanning and DevelopmentIndustryHealth
—Junior ministersjunior ministers for this date are not in the record
No ministers of state, delegates or deputy ministers are in the record for this date — hatching marks what we do not hold.
Outside the chain
—No subnational recordgovernors and provincial offices are not held

The record follows the national executive only. Governors, provincial administrators and other offices outside this chain are not held for Ethiopia.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Ethiopia
The whole table

Nine measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity56.6%202427.2%+29.4 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Basic drinking water42.0%202431.2%+10.8 ptsReportedUNICEF
Basic sanitation2.3%20241.6%+0.7 ptsReportedUNICEF
Clean cooking fuel7.0%20244.0%+3.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality44.5202467.7−23.2 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth67.6 yrs202462.9 yrs+4.7 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population24.1%202519.0%+5.1 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use21.9%20247.7%+14.2 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions65 / 100202430 / 100+35ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Ethiopia

159 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Ethiopia. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

Economy
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Development
Demographics
Health
Child Welfare
Education
Food Security
Agriculture
Governance
Humanitarian
Technology
Infrastructure
Energy
Climate

How Ethiopia ranks across Africa

Ethiopia's position on 158 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Compare Ethiopia with other African countries

The record for every other African country, by region, and side-by-side comparisons where we publish them.

Ethiopia compared

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Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
UNHCR2025
UNICEF2024
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Ethiopia: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

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