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Ethiopia
Ethiopia's average monthly salary is $312 PPP/mo, the 3rd lowest of 92. And its GDP per capita is $933, ranked 124th of 127.
Of 11 fields published for Ethiopia, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
33 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$312 PPP/mo
The average employee in Ethiopia earns about $312 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
3.20 %
100 saved in Ethiopia in 2000 buys what 3 buys today — 97 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$312 PPP/mo
The average employee in Ethiopia earns about $312 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Inflation rate
13.23 %
At 13.2 % a year, prices double in about 5 years if it holds.
Median salary
$238 PPP/mo
ranked 75th of 78
Inflation rate
13.23 %
ranked 110th of 123
Price level
33 % of US prices
ranked 27th of 125
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Nigeria
avg gap 6.6 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 9.77 % (Ethiopia) vs 4.01 %
Ghana
avg gap 9.1 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: debt per person — $402 (Ethiopia) vs $1,589
Bangladesh
avg gap 11.2 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 9.77 % (Ethiopia) vs 3.49 %
Tanzania
avg gap 16.2 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 10 days (Ethiopia) vs 13 days
| Unemployment rate | 3.32 % | ranked 33rd of 124 | |
| Public holidays | 10 days | ranked 73rd of 104 | |
| Government debt | 43.10 % | ranked 42nd of 124 |
✓ 11 fields published for Ethiopia, every one dated and sourced · 24 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Ethiopia: mortgage rate, real policy rate, lending rate, deposit rate, savings vs inflation, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, minimum wage (ppp), retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 11 figures
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2021
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2021
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2024
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 293 → 402 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 31.4488445666124 → 43.1 |