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GDP growth in Ethiopia

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Ethiopia's gdp growth is 9.77 % — #5 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

9.77%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Ethiopia over time

13.57 %5.71 %-2.16 %13.57 % · 2004-2.16 % · 20032000: 6.07 %2001: 8.30 %2002: 1.51 %2003: -2.16 %2004: 13.57 %2005: 11.82 %2006: 10.83 %2007: 11.46 %2008: 10.79 %2009: 8.80 %2010: 12.55 %2011: 11.18 %2012: 8.65 %2013: 10.58 %2014: 10.26 %2015: 10.39 %2016: 9.43 %2017: 9.56 %2018: 6.82 %2019: 8.36 %2020: 6.06 %2021: 5.64 %2022: 5.32 %2023: 6.59 %2024: 7.61 %2025: 9.77 %2000201220259.77 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#5 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
96 %
122 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 2.16 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.80 pp
peak 13.57 % in 2004
Full series
▲ 3.70 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #2 of 21vs median 2.90 %: +6.87 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Ethiopia: ahead of 96 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthEthiopia 9.77 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Ethiopia is ahead of 96 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Ethiopia
3 Ireland12.34 %+2.57 pp
4 Kyrgyzstan11.10 %+1.32 pp
5 Ethiopia9.77 %—
6 Rwanda9.38 %−0.40 pp
7 Monaco8.51 %−1.26 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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