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Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE), is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the southeast, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
Points to watch 2026.10.09
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Recent institutional rupture: Coup avorté Amhara juin 2019 ; guerre Tigré 2020-2022.
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Context
Hosts 1 million refugees. UNHCR 2025
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Context
Not free according to Freedom House (score 18/100). Freedom House 2025
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The Institute's composite reading
Risque élevé
4.9 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Legitimacy 2.9
- Economy 6.0
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 1.5
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
UN list of 2026.10.07: 1 person and 1 entity linked to the country by nationality or a known address. Regimes: ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (1), Al-Shabaab (Somalia) (1).
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 8 (list of 2026.10.02), United Kingdom 1 (list of 2026.10.07), EU 2 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Addis Ababa
- Population
- 111,652,998 inh.
- Area
- 1,104,300 km²
- Currency
- ETB
- Regime
- federal republic
Executive in office
Head of State
Taye Atskeselassie
Head of Government
Abiy Ahmed
Government in office 1 members
ministre de la Culture et du Tourisme
Shewit Shanka
Parliament
Chambre des représentants des peuples
547 seats
Chair Abadula Gemedda
Inception 1995
Conseil de la fédération
112 seats
Chair Degefe Bula
Inception 1995
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
126 G$
GDP / capita
933 $
Growth
9.8 %
Inflation
13.2 %
Unemployment
3.3 %
Debt / GDP
31.4 %
Defense / GDP
0.7 %
Life expectancy
67.6 yrs
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.26/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
18/100
Corruption (CPI)
38/100
Press freedom (RSF)
35/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#85
Annual budget
0.8 Md$
Defense effort
0.5 %PIB
Strategic minerals USGS · production / réserves mondiales
- #5 Tantale 4 % 2024
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
4 Md$
Imports
18 Md$
Balance
-14 Md$
Top exports
- 33.0% Café 1.4 Md$
- 13.0% Or 0.5 Md$
- 13.0% Fleurs coupées 0.5 Md$
Top imports
- 16.0% Pétrole raffiné 3 Md$
Export partners
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Chine
11.5%
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États-Unis
9.5%
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Émirats arabes unis
9.0%
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
24%
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GBR
26%
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FRA
30%
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DEU
30%
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RUS
67%
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CHN
78%
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IND
71%
Abstention: 28%
Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08
Last election
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2026-06
House of Peoples' Representatives
Prosperity Party 438 seats, Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice 13, Independents 8 (of 486) · turnout 95.7%
Result read from Wikipedia on 2026.10.08 (CC BY-SA)
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2021-06-21
Législatives
Parti de la prospérité (Abiy Ahmed) majorité écrasante
Last institutional rupture Coup avorté Amhara juin 2019 ; guerre Tigré 2020-2022
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.497/1
Gini
31.1
Refugees hosted
1,010,466
Refugees originating
164,215
National anthem
Wedefit Gesgeshi Woude Enat Ityopya
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- BRICS
- African Union
- IGAD
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 5,248 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 6,866, or ×1.3.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · Banque mondiale Gini 2021 · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
- UN sanctions · Security Council consolidated list · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)