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Ethiopia

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Ethiopia

Basic data — Ethiopia, Africa.

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Data refreshed on 2026.05.10 · source: Wikidata

Composite reading — institute

Risque élevé

5.2 /10 risk

  • Security 0.0
  • Legitimacy 2.7
  • Economy 5.0
  • 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.

Capital
Addis Ababa
Population
111,652,998 inh.
Area
1,104,300 km²
Currency
ETB
Regime
federal republic

Executive in office

Taye Atskeselassie

Head of State

Taye Atskeselassie

since 2024.10.07

Abiy Ahmed

Head of Government

Abiy Ahmed

since 2018.04.01 Front démocratique révolutionnaire des peuples éthiopiens

Economic indicators World Bank · 2025

GDP

150 G$

2024 ↑ +10.2 % vs 2023

GDP / capita

1,134 $

2024 ↑ +7.4 % vs 2023

Growth

7.6 %

2024 ↑ +1.0 pt vs 2023

Inflation

21.0 %

2024 ↓ -9.2 pt vs 2023

Unemployment

3.3 %

2025 ↓ -0.0 pt vs 2024

Debt / GDP

31.4 %

2019 ↓ -1.1 pt vs 2018

Defense / GDP

0.7 %

2024 ↓ -0.2 pt vs 2023

Life expectancy

67.6 yrs

2024 ↑ +0.4 % vs 2023

Governance indices V-Dem · Freedom House · CPI · RSF · 2024

Democracy (V-Dem)

0.18/1

#143 autocratie électorale

Freedoms (Freedom House)

21/100

Not Free

Corruption (CPI)

37/100

#992024

Press freedom (RSF)

34/100

#1302024

Strategic minerals USGS · production / réserves mondiales

  • #5 Tantale 2024

Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023

Exports

4 Md$

Imports

18 Md$

Balance

-14 Md$

Top exports

  • Café 1.4 Md$
  • Or 0.5 Md$
  • Fleurs coupées 0.5 Md$

Top imports

  • Pétrole raffiné 3 Md$

Export partners

Import partners

Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten

Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.

  • USA 24%
  • GBR 26%
  • FRA 30%
  • DEU 30%
  • RUS 67%
  • CHN 78%
  • IND 71%

Abstention: 28%

Political calendar Wikipedia · IFES · NDI

Upcoming

  • 2026-06

    Législatives

    Premier scrutin post-guerre Tigré

Last election

  • 2021-06-21

    Législatives

    Parti de la prospérité (Abiy Ahmed) majorité écrasante

Last institutional rupture Coup avorté Amhara juin 2019 ; guerre Tigré 2020-2022

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