Ethiopia

Ethiopia's real economy grew 9.8% in 2025, yet it fell 7 places to 68th as US$ GDP dropped 15.6% to US$126.4 billion from its 2024 peak of US$149.7 billion. The decline was mostly exchange-rate and price effects, not output. It now ranks between the Dominican Republic and Guatemala.

Services make up 36.6% of output, agriculture 32.8% and industry 27.8%, with manufacturing at just 4.2%. Inflation ran at 13.2%, unemployment at 3.3% and government gross debt at 43.3% of GDP. With 135.5 million people, GDP per capita is US$933, 182nd of 196, or $3,622 international dollars on a PPP basis, 175th. The 4th-largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa has still grown 15.3 times in US$ terms since 2000, when GDP stood at US$8.2 billion and it ranked 99th. The IMF projects a +70% rise to US$215.0 billion by 2030, which would lift Ethiopia to 60th.