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Ethiopia — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Ethiopia, 1962–2025.
Latest value · 2025
9.77%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +125.9% since 1962
GDP growth for Ethiopia was 9.77% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 64 years, from 1962 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 13.86% in 1987. The lowest was -11.14% in 1985 (about -1.1× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.30% per year.
Ethiopia ranks 6 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 3%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Ethiopia sits above it. It peaked in 1987 and has fallen 29% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
9.77%
First (1962)
4.33%
Change
+125.9%
Highest
13.86%
in 1987
Lowest
-11.14%
in 1985
Average
5.31%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.30%
Years of data
64
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.77% |
| 2024 | 7.61% |
| 2023 | 6.59% |
| 2022 | 5.32% |
| 2021 | 5.64% |
| 2020 | 6.06% |
| 2019 | 8.36% |
| 2018 | 6.82% |
| 2017 | 9.56% |
| 2016 | 9.43% |
| 2015 | 10.39% |
| 2014 | 10.26% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.