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Communications

Broadcast media [time series]

1 public TV station broadcasting nationally and 1 public radio broadcaster with stations in each of the 13 administrative districts; a few commercial radio stations and roughly a dozen community radio stations (2009)

Internet country code [time series]

.et

Internet users [time series]

total: 1.6 million | percent of population: 1.7% (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 107

Broadcast media (Radio broadcast stations) [time series]

AM 8, FM 0, shortwave 1 (2001)

Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]

general assessment: inadequate telephone system with the Ethio Telecom maintaining a monopoly over telecommunication services; open-wire, microwave radio relay; radio communication in the HF, VHF, and UHF frequencies; 2 domestic satellites provide the national trunk service | domestic: the number of fixed lines and mobile telephones is increasing from a small base; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is roughly 15 per 100 persons | international: country code - 251; open-wire to Sudan and Djibouti; microwave radio relay to Kenya and Djibouti; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Pacific Ocean) (2011)

Telephones - fixed lines [time series]

total subscriptions: 820,000 | subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 87

Telephones - mobile cellular [time series]

total: 30.5 million | subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 32 (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 41

Broadcast media (Television broadcast stations) [time series]

1 (plus 24 repeaters) (2001)

Economy

Agricultural products (Agriculture - products) [time series]

cereals, coffee, oilseed, cotton, sugarcane, vegetables, khat, cut flowers; hides, cattle, sheep, goats; fish

Budget [time series]

revenues: $7.582 billion | expenditures: $9.025 billion (2014 est.)

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) [time series]

-2.9% of GDP (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 113

Central bank discount rate [time series]

NA%

Commercial bank prime lending rate [time series]

11% (31 December 2014 est.) | 12% (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 73

Current account balance [time series]

-$4.704 billion (2014 est.) | -$2.783 billion (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 159

Debt - external [time series]

$17.02 billion (31 December 2014 est.) | $14.49 billion (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 89

Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income (Distribution of family income - Gini index) [time series]

33 (2011) | 30 (2000) | country comparison to the world: 102

Economic overview (Economy - overview) [time series]

Ethiopia's economy is based on agriculture, but the government is pushing to diversify into manufacturing, textiles, and energy generation. Coffee is a major export crop. The agricultural sector suffers from poor cultivation practices and frequent drought, but recent joint efforts by the Government of Ethiopia and donors have strengthened Ethiopia's agricultural resilience, contributing to a reduction in the number of Ethiopians threatened with starvation. The banking, insurance, telecommunications, and micro-credit industries are restricted to domestic investors, but Ethiopia has attracted significant foreign investment in textiles, leather, commercial agriculture and manufacturing. Under Ethiopia's constitution, the state owns all land and provides long-term leases to the tenants; land use certificates are now being issued in some areas so that tenants have more recognizable rights to continued occupancy and hence make more concerted efforts to improve their leaseholds. While GDP growth has remained high, per capita income is among the lowest in the world. Ethiopia's economy continues on its state-led Growth and Transformation Plan and is scheduled to issue another development plan in 2015. Ethiopia has achieved high single-digit growth rates through government-led infrastructure expansion and commercial agriculture development. Ethiopia in late 2014 issued its first sovereign bond, generating $1 billion in revenue for a 10 year note.

Exchange rates [time series]

birr (ETB) per US dollar - | 21.13 (2014 est.) | 21.1 (2013 est.) | 17.71 (2012 est.) | 16.899 (2011 est.) | 14.41 (2010 est.)

Exports [time series]

$4.14 billion (2014 est.) | $3.532 billion (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 120

Exports - commodities [time series]

coffee, khat, gold, leather products, live animals, oilseeds

Exports - partners [time series]

China 17.1%, Germany 7.6%, US 7.2%, Belgium 6.8%, Saudi Arabia 6.7% (2014)

Fiscal year [time series]

8 July - 7 July

GDP (official exchange rate) [time series]

$52.34 billion (2014 est.)

Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (GDP (purchasing power parity)) [time series]

$144.6 billion (2014 est.) | $131 billion (2013 est.) | $119.3 billion (2012 est.) | note: data are in 2014 US dollars | country comparison to the world: 73

GDP - composition, by end use [time series]

GDP - composition, by sector of origin [time series]

agriculture: 47.7% | industry: 10.4% | services: 41.9% (2014 est.)

Real GDP per capita (GDP - per capita (PPP)) [time series]

$1,600 (2014 est.) | $1,400 (2013 est.) | $1,300 (2012 est.) | note: data are in 2014 US dollars | country comparison to the world: 217

Real GDP growth rate (GDP - real growth rate) [time series]

10.3% (2014 est.) | 9.8% (2013 est.) | 8.7% (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 11

Gross national saving [time series]

25.2% of GDP (2014 est.) | 28.3% of GDP (2013 est.) | 30.7% of GDP (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 54

Household income or consumption by percentage share [time series]

lowest 10%: 4.1% | highest 10%: 25.6% (2005)

Imports [time series]

$12.08 billion (2014 est.) | $11.19 billion (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 94

Imports - commodities [time series]

food and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles

Imports - partners [time series]

China 19.2%, US 11.4%, Saudi Arabia 6.7%, India 5% (2014)

Industrial production growth rate [time series]

7.5% (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 26

Industries [time series]

food processing, beverages, textiles, leather, chemicals, metals processing, cement

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

7.4% (2014 est.) | 8.1% (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 198

Labor force [time series]

47.32 million (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 14

Labor force - by occupation [time series]

agriculture: 85% | industry: 5% | services: 10% (2009 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares [time series]

$NA

Population below poverty line [time series]

39% (2012 est.)

Public debt [time series]

55.1% of GDP (2014 est.) | 50.2% of GDP (2013 est.) | note: official data cover central government debt, including debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury and treasury debt owned by foreign entities; the data exclude debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions | country comparison to the world: 62

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold [time series]

$3.785 billion (31 December 2014 est.) | $3.556 billion (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 102

Stock of broad money [time series]

$19.23 billion (31 December 2014 est.) | $17.43 billion (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 88

Stock of domestic credit [time series]

$20.27 billion (31 December 2014 est.) | $18.15 billion (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 86

Stock of narrow money [time series]

$11.31 billion (31 December 2014 est.) | $10.24 billion (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 75

Taxes and other revenues [time series]

15.2% of GDP (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 191

Unemployment rate [time series]

17.5% (2012 est.) | 18% (2011 est.) | country comparison to the world: 156

Energy

Carbon dioxide emissions (Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy) [time series]

8.213 million Mt (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 110

Crude oil - exports [time series]

0 bbl/day (2010 est.) | country comparison to the world: 109

Crude oil - imports [time series]

0 bbl/day (2010 est.) | country comparison to the world: 183

Crude oil - production [time series]

100 bbl/day (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 114

Crude oil - proved reserves [time series]

430,000 bbl (1 January 2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 100

Electricity - consumption [time series]

4.591 billion kWh (2011 est.) | country comparison to the world: 117

Electricity - exports [time series]

0 kWh (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 136

Electricity - from fossil fuels [time series]

9.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | country comparison to the world: 196

Electricity - from hydroelectric plants [time series]

88.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | country comparison to the world: 14

Electricity - from nuclear fuels [time series]

0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | country comparison to the world: 87

Electricity - from other renewable sources [time series]

1.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.) | country comparison to the world: 79

Electricity - imports [time series]

0 kWh (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 143

Electricity - installed generating capacity [time series]

2.127 million kW (2011 est.) | country comparison to the world: 103

Electricity - production [time series]

5.107 billion kWh (2011 est.) | country comparison to the world: 122

Natural gas - consumption [time series]

0 cu m (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 141

Natural gas - exports [time series]

0 cu m (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 94

Natural gas - imports [time series]

0 cu m (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 191

Natural gas - production [time series]

0 cu m (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 129

Natural gas - proved reserves [time series]

24.92 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 71

Refined petroleum products - consumption [time series]

56,940 bbl/day (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 97

Refined petroleum products - exports [time series]

0 bbl/day (2010 est.) | country comparison to the world: 175

Refined petroleum products - imports [time series]

42,500 bbl/day (2010 est.) | country comparison to the world: 78

Refined petroleum products - production [time series]

0 bbl/day (2010 est.) | country comparison to the world: 141

Geography

Area [time series]

total: 1,104,300 sq km | land: 1 million sq km | water: 104,300 sq km | country comparison to the world: 27

Area - comparative [time series]

slightly less than twice the size of Texas

Climate [time series]

tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation

Coastline [time series]

0 km (landlocked)

Elevation (Elevation extremes) [time series]

lowest point: Danakil Depression -125 m | highest point: Ras Dejen 4,533 m

Environment - current issues [time series]

deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; water shortages in some areas from water-intensive farming and poor management

International environmental agreements (Environment - international agreements) [time series]

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection | signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea

Total water withdrawal (Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)) [time series]

total: 5.56 cu km/yr (13%/1%/86%) | per capita: 80.5 cu m/yr (2005)

Geographic coordinates [time series]

8 00 N, 38 00 E

Geography - note [time series]

landlocked - entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993; Ethiopia is, therefore, the most populous landlocked country in the world; the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, rises in T'ana Hayk (Lake Tana) in northwest Ethiopia; three major crops are believed to have originated in Ethiopia: coffee, grain sorghum, and castor bean

Irrigated land [time series]

2,896 sq km (2003)

Land boundaries [time series]

total: 5,925 km | border countries (6): Djibouti 342 km, Eritrea 1,033 km, Kenya 867 km, Somalia 1,640 km, South Sudan 1,299 km, Sudan 744 km

Land use [time series]

agricultural land: 36.3% | arable land 15.2%; permanent crops 1.1%; permanent pasture 20% | forest: 12.2% | other: 51.5% (2011 est.)

Location [time series]

Eastern Africa, west of Somalia

Map references [time series]

Africa

Maritime claims [time series]

none (landlocked)

Natural hazards [time series]

geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts | volcanism: volcanic activity in the Great Rift Valley; Erta Ale (elev. 613 m), which has caused frequent lava flows in recent years, is the country's most active volcano; Dabbahu became active in 2005, forcing evacuations; other historically active volcanoes include Alayta, Dalaffilla, Dallol, Dama Ali, Fentale, Kone, Manda Hararo, and Manda-Inakir

Natural resources [time series]

small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower

Terrain [time series]

high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley

Total renewable water resources [time series]

122 cu km (2011)

Government

Administrative divisions [time series]

9 ethnically based states (kililoch, singular - kilil) and 2 self-governing administrations* (astedaderoch, singular - astedader); Adis Abeba* (Addis Ababa), Afar, Amara (Amhara), Binshangul Gumuz, Dire Dawa*, Gambela Hizboch (Gambela Peoples), Hareri Hizb (Harari People), Oromiya (Oromia), Sumale (Somali), Tigray, Ye Debub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch (Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples)

Capital [time series]

name: Addis Ababa | geographic coordinates: 9 02 N, 38 42 E | time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

Constitution [time series]

several previous; latest drafted June 1994, adopted 8 December 1994, entered into force 21 August 1995 (2013)

Country name [time series]

Diplomatic representation from the US [time series]

chief of mission: Ambassador Patricia Marie HASLACH (since 25 September 2013) | embassy: Entoto Street, Addis Ababa | mailing address: P. O. Box 1014, Addis Ababa | telephone: 130-6000 | FAX: 124-2401

Diplomatic representation in the US [time series]

chief of mission: Ambassador GIRMA Birru (since 6 January 2011) | chancery: 3506 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008 | telephone: [1] (202) 364-1200 | FAX: [1] (202) 587-0195 | consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, Seattle | consulate(s): Houston, New York

Executive branch [time series]

chief of state: President MULATU Teshome Wirtu (since 7 October 2013) | head of government: Prime Minister HAILEMARIAM Desalegn (since 21 September 2012); Deputy Prime Ministers ASTER Mamo, DEBRETSION Gebre-Michael, DEMEKE Mekonnen Hassen; note - prior to his approval as prime minister, HAILEMARIAM had been acting prime minister due to the death of former Prime Minister MELES | cabinet: Council of Ministers selected by the prime minister and approved by the House of People's Representatives | elections/appointments: president indirectly elected by both chambers of Parliament for a 6-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 7 October 2013 (next to be held in October 2019); prime minister designated by the majority party following legislative elections | election results: MULATU Teshome Wirtu (OPDO) elected president by acclamation

Flag (Flag description) [time series]

three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red, with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; green represents hope and the fertility of the land, yellow symbolizes justice and harmony, while red stands for sacrifice and heroism in the defense of the land; the blue of the disk symbolizes peace and the pentagram represents the unity and equality of the nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia | note: Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag (adopted ca. 1895) were so often appropriated by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the Pan-African colors; the emblem in the center of the current flag was added in 1996

Government type [time series]

federal republic

Independence [time series]

oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years (may be traced to the Aksumite Kingdom, which coalesced in the first century B.C.)

International law organization participation [time series]

has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt

International organization participation [time series]

ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Judicial branch [time series]

highest court(s): Federal Supreme Court or Supreme Imperial Court (consists of 11 judges); note - the Federal Supreme Court has jurisdiction for all constitutional issues | judge selection and term of office: president and vice president of Federal Supreme Court nominated by the prime minister and appointed by the House of People's Representatives; other Supreme Court judges nominated by the Federal Judicial Administrative Council and appointed by the House of People's Representatives; judges serve until retirement at age 60 | subordinate courts: federal high courts and federal courts of first instance; state court systems (mirror structure of federal system); sharia courts and customary and traditional courts

Legal system [time series]

civil law system

Legislative branch [time series]

bicameral Parliament consists of the House of Federation or Yefedereshein Mikir Bete (108 seats; members indirectly elected by state assemblies to serve 5-year terms) and the House of People's Representatives or Yehizb Tewokayoch Mekir Bete (547 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms); note - the House of Federation is responsible for interpreting the constitution and federal-regional issues and the House of People's Representatives is responsible for passing legislation | elections: last held on 24 May 2015 (next to be held in 2020) | election results: percent of vote - NA; seats by party - EPRDF 547

National anthem(s) (National anthem) [time series]

name: "Whedefit Gesgeshi Woud Enat Ethiopia" (March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia) | lyrics/music: DEREJE Melaku Mengesha/SOLOMON Lulu | note: adopted 1992

National holiday [time series]

National Day (defeat of MENGISTU regime), 28 May (1991)

National symbol(s) [time series]

Abyssinian lion (traditional), yellow pentagram with five rays of light on a blue field (promoted by current government); national colors: green, yellow, red

Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]

Afar National Democratic Party or ANDP [Mohammed KEDIR] | All Ethiopian Unity Organization or AEUO [Hailu SHAWEL] | Arena Tigray [GEBRU Asrat] | Argoba People's Democratic Organization or APDO [Abdulkader MOHAMMED] | Benishangul Gumuz People's Democratic Party or BGPDP [Mulualem BESSE] | Blue Party (Semayawi Party) [Yanatan TESFAYE, spokesman] | Coalition for Unity and Democratic Party or CUDP [AYELE Chamiso] | Ethiopian Democratic Party or EDP [MUSHE Semu] | Ethiopian Federal Democratic Forum or FORUM [Dr. Moga FRISSA] (a UDJ-led 6-party alliance established for the 2010 parliamentary elections) | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front or EPRDF (including the following organizations: Amhara National Democratic Movement or ANDM; Oromo People's Democratic Organization or OPDO; Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement or SEPDM; and Tigray People's Liberation Front or TPLF) | Gambella Peoples Unity Democratic Movement or GPUDM | Gurage Peoples Democratic Front [GIRMA Bogale] | Harari National League or HNL [YASIN Husein] | Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement or OFDM | Oromo People's Congress or OPC [IMERERA Gudina] | Somali Democratic Alliance Forces or SODAF [BUH Hussien] | Somali People's Democratic Party or SPDP [Abdulfetah Sheck ABDULAHI] | South Ethiopian People's Democratic Union or SEPDU [TILAHUN Endeshaw] | United Ethiopian Democratic Forces or UEDF [BEYENE Petros] | Unity for Democracy and Justice or UDJ [Dr. NEGASSO Gidada]

Political parties (Political pressure groups and leaders) [time series]

Ethiopian People's Patriotic Front or EPPF | Ogaden National Liberation Front or ONLF | Oromo Liberation Front or OLF [DAOUD Ibsa]

Suffrage [time series]

18 years of age; universal

Introduction

Background [time series]

Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule with the exception of a short-lived Italian occupation from 1936-41. In 1974, a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled in 1991 by a coalition of rebel forces, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front. A constitution was adopted in 1994, and Ethiopia's first multiparty elections were held in 1995. A border war with Eritrea in the late 1990s ended with a peace treaty in December 2000. In November 2007, the Eritrea-Ethiopia Border Commission (EEBC) issued specific coordinates as virtually demarcating the border and pronounced its work finished. Alleging that the EEBC acted beyond its mandate in issuing the coordinates, Ethiopia has not accepted them and has not withdrawn troops from previously contested areas pronounced by the EEBC as belonging to Eritrea. In August 2012, longtime leader Prime Minister MELES Zenawi died in office and was replaced by his Deputy Prime Minister HAILEMARIAM Desalegn, marking the first peaceful transition of power in decades.

Military

Manpower available for military service [time series]

males age 16-49: 19,067,499 | females age 16-49: 19,726,816 (2010 est.)

Manpower fit for military service [time series]

males age 16-49: 11,868,084 | females age 16-49: 12,889,260 (2010 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually [time series]

male: 967,411 | female: 981,714 (2010 est.)

Military and security forces (Military branches) [time series]

Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF): Ground Forces, Ethiopian Air Force (Ye Ityopya Ayer Hayl, ETAF) (2013)

Military expenditures [time series]

0.91% of GDP (2012) | 1.1% of GDP (2011) | 0.91% of GDP (2010) | country comparison to the world: 107

Military service age and obligation [time series]

18 years of age for voluntary military service; no compulsory military service, but the military can conduct callups when necessary and compliance is compulsory (2012)

People and Society

Age structure [time series]

0-14 years: 43.94% (male 21,900,571/female 21,809,643) | 15-24 years: 19.98% (male 9,865,976/female 10,009,596) | 25-54 years: 29.31% (male 14,487,280/female 14,667,179) | 55-64 years: 3.88% (male 1,882,315/female 1,981,762) | 65 years and over: 2.88% (male 1,289,336/female 1,572,161) (2015 est.)

Birth rate [time series]

37.27 births/1,000 population (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 13

Child labor - children ages 5-14 [time series]

total number: 10,693,164 | percentage: 53% (2005 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight [time series]

25.2% (2014) | country comparison to the world: 15

Contraceptive prevalence rate [time series]

28.6% (2010/11)

Death rate [time series]

8.19 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 90

Dependency ratios [time series]

total dependency ratio: 81.6% | youth dependency ratio: 75.2% | elderly dependency ratio: 6.3% | potential support ratio: 15.8% (2015 est.)

Drinking water source [time series]

Education expenditure (Education expenditures) [time series]

4.7% of GDP (2010) | country comparison to the world: 85

Ethnic groups [time series]

Oromo 34.4%, Amhara (Amara) 27%, Somali (Somalie) 6.2%, Tigray (Tigrinya) 6.1%, Sidama 4%, Gurage 2.5%, Welaita 2.3%, Hadiya 1.7%, Afar (Affar) 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, Silte 1.3%, Kefficho 1.2%, other 10.5% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate [time series]

1.15% (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 40

HIV/AIDS - deaths [time series]

23,400 (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 13

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS [time series]

730,300 (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 12

Health expenditure (Health expenditures) [time series]

5.1% of GDP (2013) | country comparison to the world: 166

Hospital bed density [time series]

6.3 beds/1,000 population (2011)

Infant mortality rate [time series]

total: 53.37 deaths/1,000 live births | male: 61.08 deaths/1,000 live births | female: 45.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 31

Languages [time series]

Oromo (official working language in the State of Oromiya) 33.8%, Amharic (official national language) 29.3%, Somali (official working language of the State of Sumale) 6.2%, Tigrigna (Tigrinya) (official working language of the State of Tigray) 5.9%, Sidamo 4%, Wolaytta 2.2%, Gurage 2%, Afar (official working language of the State of Afar) 1.7%, Hadiyya 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, Opuuo 1.2%, Kafa 1.1%, other 8.1%, English (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

total population: 61.48 years | male: 59.11 years | female: 63.93 years (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 193

Literacy [time series]

definition: age 15 and over can read and write | total population: 49.1% | male: 57.2% | female: 41.1% (2015 est.)

Major infectious diseases [time series]

degree of risk: very high | food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever | vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever | respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis | animal contact disease: rabies | water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2013)

Major urban areas - population [time series]

ADDIS ABABA (capital) 3.238 million (2015)

Median age [time series]

total: 17.7 years | male: 17.5 years | female: 17.8 years (2015 est.)

Nationality [time series]

noun: Ethiopian(s) | adjective: Ethiopian

Net migration rate [time series]

-0.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population | note: repatriation of Ethiopian refugees residing in Sudan is expected to continue for several years; some Sudanese, Somali, and Eritrean refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 119

Obesity - adult prevalence rate [time series]

3.3% (2014) | country comparison to the world: 191

Physician density (Physicians density) [time series]

0.03 physicians/1,000 population (2009)

Population [time series]

99,465,819 | note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 14

Population growth rate [time series]

2.89% (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 10

Religions [time series]

Ethiopian Orthodox 43.5%, Muslim 33.9%, Protestant 18.5%, traditional 2.7%, Catholic 0.7%, other 0.6% (2007 est.)

Sanitation facility access [time series]

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) [time series]

total: 7 years | male: 8 years | female: 6 years (2005)

Sex ratio [time series]

Total fertility rate [time series]

5.15 children born/woman (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 14

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) (Unemployment, youth ages 15-24) [time series]

total: 24.9% | male: 19.5% | female: 29.4% (2006 est.) | country comparison to the world: 36

Urbanization [time series]

urban population: 19.5% of total population (2015) | rate of urbanization: 4.89% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Transnational Issues

Disputes - international [time series]

Eritrea and Ethiopia agreed to abide by the 2002 Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission's (EEBC) delimitation decision, but neither party responded to the revised line detailed in the November 2006 EEBC Demarcation Statement; the undemarcated former British administrative line has little meaning as a political separation to rival clans within Ethiopia's Ogaden and southern Somalia's Oromo region; Ethiopian forces invaded southern Somalia and routed Islamist courts from Mogadishu in January 2007; "Somaliland" secessionists provide port facilities in Berbera and trade ties to landlocked Ethiopia; civil unrest in eastern Sudan has hampered efforts to demarcate the porous boundary with Ethiopia

Illicit drugs [time series]

transit hub for heroin originating in Southwest and Southeast Asia and destined for Europe, as well as cocaine destined for markets in southern Africa; cultivates qat (khat) for local use and regional export, principally to Djibouti and Somalia (legal in all three countries); the lack of a well-developed financial system limits the country's utility as a money laundering center

Refugees and internally displaced persons [time series]

refugees (country of origin): 287,939 (South Sudan); 247,706 (Somalia); 139,039 (Eritrea); 36,863 (Sudan); 10,687 (Yemen) (2015) | IDPs: 413,400 (border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000; ethnic clashes; and ongoing fighting between the Ethiopian military and separatist rebel groups in the Sumale and Oromiya regions; natural disasters; intercommunal violence; most IDPs live in Sumale state) (2015)

Transportation

Airports [time series]

57 (2013) | country comparison to the world: 83

Airports - with paved runways [time series]

total: 17 | over 3,047 m: 3 | 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 | 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 | under 914 m: 2 (2013)

Airports - with unpaved runways [time series]

total: 40 | 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 | 1,524 to 2,437 m: 9 | 914 to 1,523 m: 20 | 8 (2013)

Merchant marine [time series]

total: 8 | by type: cargo 8 (2010) | country comparison to the world: 121

Ports (Ports and terminals) [time series]

Ethiopia is landlocked and uses the ports of Djibouti in Djibouti and Berbera in Somalia

Railways [time series]

total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the 781 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad) | narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge | note: railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2015) | country comparison to the world: 103

Roadways [time series]

total: 44,359 km | paved: 6,064 km | unpaved: 38,295 km (2007) | country comparison to the world: 78