Key Facts

GDP (ppp) per CAPITA

$800 (2008 est.)

Inflation Rate

44.4% (2008 est.)

Population

85,237,338

Country Risk Ratings

C

Ease of Doing Business

116/181

Global Competitiveness

3.41/134

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Ethiopia : Statistics

Economy

GDP - purchasing power parity:

$ 68.77 billion (2008 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

11.6% (2008 est.)

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity:

$ 800 (2008 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 44.9 %
industry: 12.8 %
services: 42.3 %

Industrial production growth rate:

10.4% (2008 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%: 25.6%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

44.4% (2008 est.)

Labor force:

37.9 million (2007)

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: 80.2%
industry: 6.6%
services: 13.2% (2005)

Unemployment rate:

NA%

Budget:

revenues: $ 4.517 billion
expenditures: $ 5.34 billion (2008 est.)

Exports:

$ 1.55 billion (2008 est.)

Exports - partners:

US 10.1%, Germany 10%, Saudi Arabia 7.6%, Netherlands 7.1%, Djibouti 6.5%, Italy 5.6%, China 4.9% (2008)

Imports:

$ 6.901 billion (2008 est.)

Imports - partners:

China 19.5%, Saudi Arabia 17.9%, India 7.2%, US 5%, Italy 4.4% (2008)

Debt - external:

$ 3.161 billion (31 December 2008 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:

$1.6 billion (FY05/06)

Distribution Of Family Income - GINI Index:

30% (2000)

Electricity Production:

3.268 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity Consumption:

2.941 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity Exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity Imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Oil Production:

7 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil Consumption:

30,450 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil Exports:

0 bbl/day (2005)

Oil Imports:

29,820 bbl/day (2005)

Oil Proved Reserves:

428,000 bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural Gas Production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural Gas Consumption:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural Gas Exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural Gas Imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural Gas Proved Reserves:

24.92 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

People

Population:

85,237,338

Population growth rate:

3.208% (2009 est.)

Population Below Poverty Line:

38.7% (FY05/06 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

80.8 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 55.41 years
male: 52.92 years
female: 57.97 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:

6.12 children born/woman (2009 est.)

Ethnic groups:

Oromo 32.1%, Amara 30.1%, Tigraway 6.2%, Somalie 5.9%, Guragie 4.3%, Sidama 3.5%, Welaita 2.4%, other 15.4% (1994 census)

Nationality:

noun: Ethiopian(s)
adjective: Ethiopian

Religions:

Christian 60.8% (Orthodox 50.6%, Protestant 10.2%), Muslim 32.8%, traditional 4.6%, other 1.8%

Languages:

Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (major foreign language taught in schools)

Literacy:

total population: 42.7 %
male: 50.3 %
female: 35.1% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate:

2.1% (2007 est.)

Geography

Location:

Eastern Africa, west of Somalia

Area:

total: 1,104,300 sq km
land: 1,000,000 sq km
water: 104,300 sq km

Land boundaries:

total: 5,328 km
border countries: Djibouti 349 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 861 km, Somalia 1,600 km, Sudan 1,606 km

Coastline:

0 km

Climate:

tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation

Terrain:

high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley

Elevation extremes:

lowest point: Danakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,533 m

Environment - International Agreements:

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea

International Organization Participation:

ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Technology

Telephones:

908,900 (2008)

Cellular Telephones:

3.168 million (2008)

Internet Country Code:

.et

Internet Hosts:

128 (2008)

Internet Users:

291,000 (2007)

Railways:

681 km (2008)

Highways:

36,469 km (2004)

Airports:

63 (2009)

Sources:
CIA World Factbook (September 2009)
U.S. Dept. of State Country Background Notes (June 2009)