International Rankings of Ethiopia 2023, 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	59	0.2	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	120	212000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	105	17 %	2021
Internet users - total	45	20.400 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	71	890000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	92	54	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	29	65.000 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	24	3.8 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	2	56.6 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	88	13.979 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	86	11.308 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	61	3.2 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	182	4.507 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	88	27.270 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	110	9.496 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	70	92.154 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	178	8.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	117	10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	69	69.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	50	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	57	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	111	21.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	163	43.6 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	78	35 %	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	85	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
Imports	92	20.859 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	56	7.26 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	10	26.84 %	2021
Labor force	13	56.664 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	18	72.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	116	7.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	157	19.9 %	2013
Population below poverty line	73	23.5 %	2015
Public debt	154	31.45 % of GDP	2019
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	59	278.945 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	75	5.64 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	164	2300 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	118	3.046 billion US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	203	6.2 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	171	3.69 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	135	7.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	144	4.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	5.7	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	82	1.474 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	78	15.324 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	80	689000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	65	528000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	102	9.778 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	60	1.000 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	89	4.856 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	62	3.374 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	54	0.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	161	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	7	95.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	46	3.8 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	180	3.219 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	67	24.919 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	88	400000 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	79	107900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	69	69970 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	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	45	34.36 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	102	36.3	2018
Land use - arable land	71	15.2	2018
Land use - forest	139	12.2	2018
Land use - other	42	51.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	78	20	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	11	5.81 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	62	122.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	37	9.690 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	90	50.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	58	810.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	9	4.4	2025
Urbanization - urban population	171	23.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	30	1.097 million sq km	0
Area - total	31	1.104 million sq km	0
Area - water	141	7730 sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	34	4550 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	52	125 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	18	1330 meters	0
Irrigated land	80	1813 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	26	5925 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	102	36.3	2018
Land use - arable land	71	15.2	2018
Land use - forest	139	12.2	2018
Land use - other	42	51.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	78	20	2018
Military
Military expenditures	36	1.7 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	107	0.92 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	60	0.03 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	119	0.2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	136	1.16 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	96	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	29	29.97 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	16	21.1 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	85	37.7 %	2020
Current health expenditure	80	3.5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	21	67.5 %	2023
Death rate	154	5.6 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	139	5.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	25	18.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	33	75.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	32	70.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	14	98.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	30	29.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	18	23.6 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	51	1.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	41	4.5 % of GDP	2019
Gross reproduction rate	22	1.93 %	2023
Hospital bed density	68	0.3 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	49	27.6 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	41	37.13 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	43	32.44 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	163	70.81 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	167	66.43 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	163	68.59 years	0
Literacy - female	109	44.4 %	2017
Literacy - male	90	57.2 %	0
Literacy - total population	99	51.8 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	32	267 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	148	20.1 years	2020
Median age - male	137	19.6 years	0
Median age - total	137	19.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	80	19.3	2019
Net migration rate	89	0.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	138	4.5 %	2016
Physicians density	150	0.11 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	13	116.463 million	2023
Population growth rate	23	2.42 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	92	52.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	4	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	13	8 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	24	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	29	0.84 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	101	1.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	136	8.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	125	5.1 %	2020
Total fertility rate	28	3.92 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	9	4.4	2025
Urbanization - urban population	171	23.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	135	7.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	144	4.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	5.7	0
Transportation
Airports	74	57	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	60	401000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	132	12	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	19	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2018
Roadways - total	37	120171 km	2018
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ethiopia 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ethiopia 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.