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Last update: 2025-09-08
Geographical location
Economy and finance
Average monthly income (USD, gross)
$78 (2024)
Inflation rate
30.2% (2023)
Unemployment rate
3.4% (2024)
Below the poverty line
23.5% (2015)
Gini coefficient
35 (2015)
Tobacco consumption
Total tobacco consumption
4.5%
Smoking men
1.4%
Smoking women
7.7%
Current as of
2025
Area (sq. km)
Total area
1 104 300
Land area
1 096 570
Water area
7 730
Popular payment systems
- PayPal
- Visa
- Mastercard
Popular social networks and messengers
- Facebook
- Instagram
- TikTok
Age structure
0-14 years
38.7%
15-64 years
58%
65+ years
3.4%
Current as of
2024
Religion
Main religion
Christianity
General information
Сontinent
Africa
Time zone
UTC+3
Tier
Tier-3
ISO code
ET
Capital
Addis Ababa
Official language
Amharic
Average consumer spendings
Food products
37.9%
Alcohol and tobacco
3.1%
Current as of
2023
Alcohol consumption per capita (liters per year)
Total quantity
1.16
Beer
0.92
Wine
0
Spirits
0.2
Other alcohol
0.03
Current as of
2019
Population and society
Population size
118 550 298 (2024)
Male population
59 062 093
Female population
59 488 205
Population growth rate
2.37% (2024)
Birth rate (per 1,000 people)
29.6 (2024)
Death rate (per 1,000 people)
5.8 (2024)
Urbanization
23.2% (2023)
Credit ratings
Fitch
B (2014)
Moody's
B2 (2020)
Standard & Poors
B (2014)
Age-sex pyramid
Phone operating systems
Android
94.6%
iOS
3.1%
Current as of
2025
Internet and telecommunications
Telephone code
+251
Internet domain
.et
Number of mobile phones (per 100 inhabitants)
1 (2022)
Internet user penetration
17% (2021)
Fixed internet penetration
1% (2022)
Last update: 2025-09-08