International Rankings of Ethiopia 2022, 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	58	0.2	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	117	212000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	73	24 %	2020
Internet users - total	34	27.591 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	1	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	67	1.252 million	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	127	39	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	34	44.500 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	80	13.790 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	84	11.240 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	57	3.2 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	68	92.154 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	167	8.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	111	10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	65	69.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	47	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	10	34.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	105	21.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	152	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	16	72.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	108	7.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	143	19.9 %	2013
Population below poverty line	69	23.5	2015
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	55	264.050 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	140	2300 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	146	13.9 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	134	4.5	2013
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	134	2.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	131	3.5	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	78	1.474 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	77	15.324 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	75	689000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	62	528000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	100	9.778 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	57	1.000 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	87	4.856 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	60	3.374 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	54	0.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	151	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	7	95.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	65	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	44	3.8 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	174	3.219 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	66	24.919 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	86	400000 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	78	107900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	67	69970 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	87	14.87 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	12	114.21 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	43	34.36 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	96	36.3	2018
Land use - arable land	68	15.2	2018
Land use - forest	128	12.2	2018
Land use - other	38	51.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	68	1.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	73	20	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	10	5.81 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	57	122.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	37	9.687 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	116	51.100 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	55	810.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	9	4.4	2025
Urbanization - urban population	163	23.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	28	1.097 million sq km	0
Area - total	29	1.104 million sq km	0
Area - water	134	7730 sq km	0
Coastline	159	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	29	4550 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	49	125 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	17	1330 meters	0
Irrigated land	78	1813 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	24	5925 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	96	36.3	2018
Land use - arable land	68	15.2	2018
Land use - forest	128	12.2	2018
Land use - other	38	51.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	68	1.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	73	20	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	44	19.47	2128
Age structure - 25-54 years	167	32.92	7298
Age structure - 55-64 years	165	4.42	3319
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	105	0.92 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	59	0.03 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	115	0.2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	132	1.16 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	93	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	26	30.49 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	15	21.1 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	84	37.7 %	2020
Current health expenditure	78	3.2 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	137	5.7 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	129	5.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	25	18.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	30	75.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	30	70.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	14	98.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	29	29.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	18	23.6 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	48	1.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	39	4.5 % of GDP	2019
Hospital bed density	67	0.3 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	45	28.55 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	38	38.33 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	39	33.51 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	149	70.44 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	149	66.12 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	148	68.25 years	0
Literacy - female	105	44.4 %	2017
Literacy - male	93	57.2 %	0
Literacy - total population	100	51.8 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	21	401 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	138	20.1 years	2020
Median age - male	130	19.6 years	0
Median age - total	126	19.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	79	19.3	2019
Net migration rate	82	0.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	132	4.5 %	2016
Physicians density	145	0.11 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	13	113.657 million	2022
Population growth rate	22	2.46 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	90	52.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	3	91.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	3	82.3 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	3	47.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	15	8 years	2012
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	12	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	23	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	29	0.68 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	97	1.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	133	8.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	119	5.1 %	2020
Total fertility rate	23	3.99 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	9	4.4	2025
Urbanization - urban population	163	23.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	134	4.5	2013
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	134	2.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	131	3.5	0
Transportation
Airports	73	57	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	40	4	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	30	8	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	23	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	59	17	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	33	2	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	21	9	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	38	20	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	58	40	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	59	8	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	124	11	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	17	2.089 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	44	11.501 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	53	75	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	45	659	2017
Railways - total	101	659 km	2017
Roadways - paved	151	N/A km	2022
Roadways - total	158	N/A km	2022
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ethiopia 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ethiopia 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.