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.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1.00	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	83	580120	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	190	18.62 %	2018
Internet users - total	38	19.118 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	181	1.04	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	74	1.096 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	204	36.20	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	41	38.147 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	82	13.790 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	86	11.240 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	61	3.20 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	174	6.551 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	88	27.270 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	49	63	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	128	48	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	113	72	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	123	56	2020
Exports	133	3.230 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	69	92.154 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	174	8.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	116	10.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	67	69.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	49	31.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	4	43.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	12	34.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	110	21.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	156	43.60 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	78	35 %	2015
Gross national saving	26	33	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	84	25.60 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2005
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	12	4.10 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	91	15.590 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	12	10.50 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	11	15.70 %	2019
Labor force	13	52.820 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	18	73 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	112	7 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	20 %	2013
Population below poverty line	71	24 %	2015
Public debt	73	54.20 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	62	248.972 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	4	10.90 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	202	2221 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	110	3.013 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	153	13.90 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	29	17.50 %	2012
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	99	12.180 million	2017
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 other renewable sources	30	11	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	100	2.784 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	98	11.150 billion	2016
Natural gas - proved reserves	67	24.920 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	89	74000	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	68	69970 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	89	15 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	12	114 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	44	34 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	99	36	2018
Land use - arable land	70	15	2018
Land use - forest	137	12	2018
Land use - other	40	52	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	76	20	2018
Revenue from forest resources	11	6 % 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	4.40	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	174	22	2021
Geography
Area - land	28	1.097 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	29	1.104 million sq km	N/A
Area - water	57	7730 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	24	4550 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	48	125 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	18	1330 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	70	2900 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	25	5925 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	99	36	2018
Land use - arable land	70	15	2018
Land use - forest	137	12	2018
Land use - other	40	52	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	76	20	2018
Total renewable water resources	58	122.000 billion	2017
Population Density	105	101.11 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	62	1 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	45	19.47	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	177	32.92	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	175	4.42	N/A
Birth rate	27	31.03 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	91	37.00 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	76	3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	145	5.80 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	111	6.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	40	16.00 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	31	76.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	31	70.60 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	27	97 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	23	38 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	15	31 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	43	3 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	32	5 % of GDP	2015
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	29	0.90	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	13	13000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	12	620000	2020
Hospital bed density	66	0.30 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	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	45	34.62 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	155	70 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	157	66 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	154	68 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	22	401.00	2017
Median age - female	144	20 years	2020
Median age - male	132	20 years	N/A
Median age - total	132	20 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	77	19	2019
Net migration rate	83	0.20 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	137	4.50 %	2016
Physicians density	148	0.08 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	12	110.871 million	2021
Population growth rate	20	2.50 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	102	50 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	2	94 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	1	85 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	5	50 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	14	8 years	2012
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	13	8 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1.00	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.99	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.97	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.85 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	17	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	24	4.07 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	40	31	2016
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	59	17	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	44	25	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	9	4.40	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	174	22	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 - 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
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	18	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	75.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	93	659 km	756

*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.

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