International Rankings of Ethiopia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Ethiopia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Ethiopia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
For a definition of each entry, visit the Definitions page.

Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	83	580120	0
Internet users - percent of population	190	18.62 %	2018
Internet users - total	38	19.118 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	181	1.04	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	74	1.096 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	204	36.2	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	41	38.147 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	82	13.790 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	86	11.240 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	61	3.2 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	49	62.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	128	48	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	113	71.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	123	56	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	69	92.154 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	174	8.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	116	10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	67	69.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	49	31.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	4	43.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	12	34.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	110	21.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	156	43.6 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	84	25.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2005
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	12	4.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	12	10.5 %	2017
Labor force	13	52.820 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	18	72.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	112	7.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	19.9 %	2013
Population below poverty line	71	23.5	2015
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	62	248.972 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	180	2221 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	153	13.9 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	99	12.180 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	89	428000	2018
Electricity - consumption	101	9.062 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	77	166.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	78	3	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	8	86	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	30	11	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	100	2.784 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	98	11.150 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	67	24.920 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	89	74000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	68	69970 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	89	14.87 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	12	114.21 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	44	34.36 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	99	36.3	2018
Land use - arable land	70	15.2	2018
Land use - forest	137	12.2	2018
Land use - other	40	51.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	76	20	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	11	5.81 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	59	122.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	38	9.687 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	118	51.100 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	56	810.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	9	4.4	2025
Urbanization - urban population	174	22.2	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	29	1.097 million sq km	0
Area - total	30	1.104 million sq km	0
Area - water	137	7730 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	25	4550 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	50	125 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	18	1330 meters	0
Irrigated land	70	2900 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	24	5925 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	99	36.3	2018
Land use - arable land	70	15.2	2018
Land use - forest	137	12.2	2018
Land use - other	40	51.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	76	20	2018
Total renewable water resources	58	122.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	45	19.47 %	2128
Age structure - 25-54 years	177	32.92 %	7298
Age structure - 55-64 years	175	4.42 %	3319
Birth rate	27	31.03 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	91	37 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	76	3.3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	145	5.8 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	111	6.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	40	16 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	31	76.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	31	70.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	27	97 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	23	38.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	15	31.1 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	43	3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	32	4.7 % of GDP	2015
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	29	0.9	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	13	13000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	12	620000	2020
Hospital bed density	66	0.3 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	49	29.53 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	43	39.56 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	45	34.62 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	155	70.06 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	157	65.79 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	154	67.9 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	22	401	2017
Median age - female	144	20.1 years	2020
Median age - male	132	19.6 years	0
Median age - total	132	19.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	77	19.3	2019
Net migration rate	83	0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	137	4.5 %	2016
Physicians density	148	0.08 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	12	110.871 million	2021
Population growth rate	20	2.5 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	102	49.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	2	94.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	1	85.3 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	5	50.3 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	14	8 years	2012
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	13	8 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.85 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	24	4.07 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	40	30.9	2016
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	59	17.1	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	44	25.2	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	9	4.4	2025
Urbanization - urban population	174	22.2	2021
Transportation
Airports	73	57	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	31	8	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	61	17	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	33	2	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	21	9	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	38	20	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	58	40	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	59	8	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	105	2.089 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	45	11.501 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	54	75	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	103	659 km	756
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Ethiopia on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ethiopia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ethiopia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.