Ethiopia — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Ethiopia, 1962–2025.
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%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 1 of 47 economies; Rwanda (9.38%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 1732% in 1977. That is 26% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1962 level: doubled by 1986. Doubling roughly every 54 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 65th of 112 in 1962 → 84th of 119 in 1970 → 41st of 152 in 1980 → 99th of 176 in 1990 → 46th of 199 in 2000 → 7th of 209 in 2010 → 4th of 209 in 2020 → 5th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1962 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.77% | +2.2 pp |
| 2024 | 7.61% | +1.0 pp |
| 2023 | 6.59% | +1.3 pp |
| 2022 | 5.32% | -0.3 pp |
| 2021 | 5.64% | -0.4 pp |
| 2020 | 6.06% | -2.3 pp |
| 2019 | 8.36% | +1.5 pp |
| 2018 | 6.82% | -2.7 pp |
| 2017 | 9.56% | +0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 9.43% | -1.0 pp |
| 2015 | 10.39% | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 10.26% | -0.3 pp |
| 2013 | 10.58% | +1.9 pp |
| 2012 | 8.65% | -2.5 pp |
| 2011 | 11.18% | -1.4 pp |
| 2010 | 12.55% | +3.7 pp |
| 2009 | 8.8% | -2.0 pp |
| 2008 | 10.79% | -0.7 pp |
| 2007 | 11.46% | +0.6 pp |
| 2006 | 10.83% | -1.0 pp |
| 2005 | 11.82% | -1.8 pp |
| 2004 | 13.57% | +15.7 pp |
| 2003 | -2.16% | -3.7 pp |
| 2002 | 1.51% | -6.8 pp |
| 2001 | 8.3% | +2.2 pp |
| 2000 | 6.07% | +0.9 pp |
| 1999 | 5.16% | +8.6 pp |
| 1998 | -3.46% | -6.6 pp |
| 1997 | 3.13% | -9.3 pp |
| 1996 | 12.43% | +6.3 pp |
| 1995 | 6.13% | +2.9 pp |
| 1994 | 3.19% | -10.0 pp |
| 1993 | 13.14% | +21.8 pp |
| 1992 | -8.67% | -1.5 pp |
| 1991 | -7.14% | -9.9 pp |
| 1990 | 2.73% | +3.1 pp |
| 1989 | -0.36% | -0.9 pp |
| 1988 | 0.5% | -13.4 pp |
| 1987 | 13.86% | +4.2 pp |
| 1986 | 9.66% | +20.8 pp |
| 1985 | -11.14% | -8.3 pp |
| 1984 | -2.85% | -11.1 pp |
| 1983 | 8.24% | +7.3 pp |
| 1982 | 0.92% | -3.5 pp |
| 1981 | 4.38% | -2.0 pp |
| 1980 | 6.42% | +7.5 pp |
| 1979 | -1.1% | -3.8 pp |
| 1978 | 2.74% | +0.0 pp |
| 1977 | 2.73% | +2.6 pp |
| 1976 | 0.15% | -1.1 pp |
| 1975 | 1.25% | -2.0 pp |
| 1974 | 3.27% | -1.8 pp |
| 1973 | 5.11% | +0.9 pp |
| 1972 | 4.23% | -2.3 pp |
| 1971 | 6.53% | +3.0 pp |
| 1970 | 3.48% | +2.1 pp |
| 1969 | 1.39% | -2.8 pp |
| 1968 | 4.14% | +0.1 pp |
| 1967 | 4.06% | -3.2 pp |
| 1966 | 7.26% | +1.5 pp |
| 1965 | 5.77% | +1.7 pp |
| 1964 | 4.09% | -0.4 pp |
| 1963 | 4.52% | +0.2 pp |
| 1962 | 4.33% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Ethiopia’s GDP growth in 1963?
4.52% (1963). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Ethiopia’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1962 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +125.9% in total — about 1.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 9.77%; 2024: 7.61%; 2023: 6.59%; 2022: 5.32%; 2021: 5.64%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.