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IndicatorETHEthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.3rank #126
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile39rank #124
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.2rank #107
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.16rank #121
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.29rank #122
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile38.8rank #150
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.3rank #126
Military spending% GDP0.65%rank #131
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.13rank #119
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile33.7rank #191
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile41.7rank #165
Rule of Law0-100 percentile38.9rank #168
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.32rank #110
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.26rank #110
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.1rank #129
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile35.1rank #169
Women in parliament% seats41.9%rank #21
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.69rank #94
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment60.1%rank #13
Agriculture value added% GDP32.8%rank #7
Annual working hours per workerhours1,599.4rank #107
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker10,855.9rank #164
Current account balance% GDP-2.5%rank #100
Employment-to-population ratio%66.2%rank #31
External debt stocks% GNI24.3%rank #21
FDI net inflows% GDP2.7%rank #87
GDPcurrent US$126.36Brank #66
GDP growth%9.8%rank #5
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$932.7rank #175
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $3,094.9rank #167
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $2,795.5rank #173
Government expenditure% GDP6.1%rank #86
Gross capital formation% GDP20.1%rank #90
Gross savings% GDP19.7%rank #86
High-technology exports% manuf. exports3.8%rank #100
Human capital indexindex1.5rank #140
Industry value added% GDP27.8%rank #56
Inflation%13.2%rank #153
Labour force participation rate%68.5%rank #32
Personal remittances received% GDP4.8%rank #49
R&D expenditure% GDP0.27%rank #66
Researchers in R&Dper million89rank #75
Tax revenue% GDP3.4%rank #87
Trade openness% GDP33.5%rank #130
Unemployment% labor force3.3%rank #52
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%3.3%rank #53
Vulnerable employment% employment84.1%rank #179
Youth unemployment% ages 15-245.4%rank #29
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-245.3%rank #29
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop55.6%rank #164
Basic sanitation access% pop10.4%rank #178
Child mortalityper 1004.5rank #122
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,558.4rank #144
DTP3 immunization coverage%73%rank #27
Health spending% GDP2.8%rank #182
Infant mortalityper 1k births34.5rank #117
Life expectancyyears67.6rank #170
Maternal mortalityper 100k195rank #82
Measles immunization% children72%rank #28
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%72%rank #28
Physiciansper 1k0.14rank #50
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m323.8rank #138
Road traffic deathsper 100k28.2rank #112
Smoking prevalence% adults5.2%rank #4
Suicide mortality rateper 100k6.1rank #73
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k141rank #107
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births44.5rank #161
Undernourishment% pop19.7%rank #57
Education
Adult literacy%60.5%rank #40
Education spending% GDP2.3%rank #37
Expected years of schoolingyears9.2rank #176
Mean years of schoolingyears2.4rank #186
Primary completion rate% relevant age54.4%rank #108
Primary enrollment% gross84.4%rank #122
Secondary enrollment% gross33.9%rank #149
Tertiary enrollment% gross5.9%rank #129
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00031.5rank #24
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.9rank #27
Median age of populationyears18.7rank #188
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.09rank #99
Populationpeople135.47Mrank #10
Population growth%2.6%rank #24
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years73.3rank #161
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands225,021.9rank #7
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age74rank #35
Urban population%24.1%rank #196
Climate
CO₂ emissionst17.84Mrank #94
CO₂ per capitat0.14rank #198
Electricity access% pop56.6%rank #57
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation96.5%rank #2
Electricity from solar% generation0.12%rank #84
Electricity from wind% generation3.3%rank #55
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita112.6rank #141
Forest area% land14.9%rank #142
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita1.6rank #26
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh23.1rank #1
Renewable electricity%100%rank #1
Renewable energy share%90.6%rank #7
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e200.4rank #151
Society
Asylum seekerspeople148,616rank #168
Extreme poverty% pop38.6%rank #40
Female labor participation%58.5%rank #57
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.59rank #135
Gender Development Indexratio0.89rank #91
Gender Inequality Index0-10.5rank #116
Gini indexindex31.1rank #19
Homicide rateper 100k8.5rank #111
Human Development Index0-10.5rank #147
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.33rank #131
Internally displaced personspeople2.38Mrank #28
Internet users% pop21.9%rank #168
Life satisfaction0-104rank #132
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.49rank #116
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #144
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.11rank #113
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.41rank #151
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.83rank #179
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people1.01Mrank #7
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people164,215rank #158
Youth NEET rate%17.3%rank #88
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year4,331rank #36
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths17,882rank #50
Hazard & exposure0-107.6rank #65
Human hazard & exposure0-109.4rank #71
INFORM risk score0-107rank #56
Lack of coping capacity0-106.7rank #57
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-107.7rank #65
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-105.4rank #33
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.7rank #24
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year5,458rank #49
Socio-economic vulnerability0-106.8rank #65
Vulnerability0-106.8rank #56
Vulnerable groups0-106.7rank #60
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