Ethiopia — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Ethiopia, 1966–2025.
Latest value · 2025
13.23%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · +1071.4% since 1966
Inflation for Ethiopia was 13.23% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 60 years, from 1966 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 44.36% in 2008. The lowest was -9.81% in 1986 (about -1.3× the low point).
Ethiopia ranks 17 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 9%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Ethiopia sits above it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 70% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 38%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
13.23%
First (1966)
-1.36%
Change
+1071.4%
Highest
44.36%
in 2008
Lowest
-9.81%
in 1986
Average
10.17%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
60
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.23% |
| 2024 | 21.04% |
| 2023 | 30.22% |
| 2022 | 33.89% |
| 2021 | 26.84% |
| 2020 | 20.36% |
| 2019 | 15.81% |
| 2018 | 13.83% |
| 2017 | 10.69% |
| 2016 | 6.63% |
| 2015 | 9.57% |
| 2014 | 6.89% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. 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
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.