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Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia covers a land area of 1,104,300 square kilometres (426,400 sq mi). As of 2024, it has around 128 million inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-most populous country in the world, the second-most populous in Africa after Nigeria, and the most populous landlocked country on Earth. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African and Somali tectonic plates. Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out for the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithic period. In 980 BC, the Kingdom of D'mt extended its realm over Eritrea and the northern region of Ethiopia, while the Kingdom of Aksum maintained a unified civilization in the region for 900 years. Christianity was embraced by the kingdom in 330, and Islam arrived by the first Hijra in 615. After the collapse of Aksum in... [More]
  • Last : 117,784.04-
  • High : 120,030.32-
  • Low : 117,613.45-
  • Max Fluctuation : 1,011.52-
  • Max Fluctuation % : 0.14%-
  • Open : 119,836.59-
  • Time : 16:13:41-
  • Yesterday : 119,838.69-
  • Change % : 1.74%-
  • Change : 2,054.65-
  • Last : 3,316.39-
  • High : 3,352.81-
  • Low : 3,314.6-
  • Max Fluctuation : 18.65-
  • Max Fluctuation % : 0.16%-
  • Open : 3,347.6-
  • Time : 16:15:02-
  • Yesterday : 3,347.82-
  • Change % : 0.95%-
  • Change : 31.43-
  • Last : 67.05-
  • High : 67.14-
  • Low : 66.31-
  • Max Fluctuation : 0.43-
  • Max Fluctuation % : 0.89%-
  • Open : 66.62-
  • Time : 16:14:58-
  • Yesterday : 66.62-
  • Change % : 0.65%-
  • Change : 0.43-
  • Last : 0.8639-
  • High : 0.8647-
  • Low : 0.859-
  • Max Fluctuation : --
  • Max Fluctuation % : --
  • Open : 0.8591-
  • Time : 16:13:59-
  • Yesterday : 0.8593-
  • Change % : 0.54%-
  • Change : 0.0046-

Ethiopia Currency Markets

Indicator Value Previous Low High Change Change % Time Chart
SAR/ETB Ask 37.0625 - 36.417 37.0625 0.64 1.77% 2025/07/17 Time 16:14
GBP/ETB Ask 189.3382 189.2534 189.1121 189.7235 0.20 0.10% 2025/07/17 Time 16:12
EUR/ETB Ask 161.0483 - 161.0483 161.0483 0.08 0.05% 2025/07/17 Time 15:15
USD/ETB Ask 139.0139 - 136.6 139.0139 2.41 1.77% 2025/07/17 Time 15:12
ETB/GBP Ask 0.0153 - 0.0153 0.0153 0.00 0.00% 2022/05/31 Time 16:04
ETB/USD Ask 0.0192 - 0.0192 0.0193 0.00 0.00% 2022/05/30 Time 15:59

Economic Indicators + Forecasts

  • Actual

  • Forecast

Indicator Last Time Previous Metric
Balance of Trade
-3807 24 Jun -3449 USD Million
Consumer Price Index CPI
517 25 May 514 points
Corporate Tax Rate
30 24 Dec 30 percent
Corruption Index
37 24 Dec 37 Points
Corruption Rank
99 24 Dec 98
Credit Rating
15 25 Jul
Currency
138 25 Jul 138
Current Account
-1516 24 Jun -1802 USD Million
Current Account to GDP
-3.4 24 Dec -2.9 percent of GDP
Exports
1267 24 Jun 927 USD Million
Food Inflation
12.1 25 May 12.2 percent
Foreign Direct Investment
1118 24 Jun 957 USD Million
GDP
164 23 Dec 127 USD Billion
GDP Annual Growth Rate
7.9 23 Dec 7.5 percent
GDP Constant Prices
2604 23 Dec 2410 ETB Billion
GDP from Agriculture
1046 24 Dec 828 ETB Billion
GDP from Construction
546 23 Dec 501 ETB Billion
GDP from Manufacturing
758 23 Dec 694 ETB Billion
GDP from Services
971 22 Dec 900 ETB Billion
GDP per Capita
916 24 Dec 876 USD
GDP per Capita PPP
2884 24 Dec 2758 USD
Government Budget
-2 24 Dec -2.7 percent of GDP
Government Debt to GDP
32 24 Dec 38 percent of GDP
Imports
5074 24 Jun 4376 USD Million
Inflation Rate
14.4 25 May 14.4 percent
Inflation Rate MoM
0.2 25 May 0.1 percent
Interest Rate
15 25 Jun 15 percent
Military Expenditure
922 24 Dec 1409 USD Million
Minimum Wages
420 25 Jan 420 ETB/Month
Money Supply M0
821424 24 Jun 789427 ETB Million
Personal Income Tax Rate
35 25 Dec 35 percent
Population
132 24 Dec 129 million
Terrorism Index
0.79 24 Dec 1.27 Points
Unemployment Rate
18.9 22 Dec 17.9 percent
Youth Unemployment Rate
27.2 22 Dec 25.7 percent
Indicator Actual Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Metric
Consumer Price Index CPI 517 552.35 544.94 596.59 594.9 points
Currency 138 130 132 133 135
Current Account to GDP -3.4 -1.8 -1.6 -2 percent of GDP
Food Inflation 12.1 10 14 12 15 percent
GDP 164 174.34 186.37 200.16 USD Billion USD Billion
GDP Annual Growth Rate 7.9 6.5 percent
GDP Constant Prices 2604 2773 ETB Billion
GDP from Agriculture 1046 1114 ETB Billion
GDP from Manufacturing 758 807.7 ETB Billion
GDP from Services 971 1034 ETB Billion
GDP per Capita 916 975.85 1043 1120 USD USD
GDP per Capita PPP 2884 3072 3284 3527 USD USD
Government Budget -2 -2.1 -1.8 -2 percent of GDP
Government Debt to GDP 32 40 38 35 percent of GDP
Inflation Rate 14.4 15 10 16 15 percent
Interest Rate 15 15 15 15 15 percent
Population 132 129 133 135 million million
Unemployment Rate 18.9 18.7 percent