Real GDP growth in Ethiopia

Real GDP in Ethiopia changed by 9.8% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2015.

Measure: Real GDP growth (World Bank) Unit: Annual % change Data: 1962 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Ethiopia, 2025 9.8% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +2.2percentage points 2024: 7.6%
World, 2025 2.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 5th of 186 See the full ranking

Real GDP growth in Ethiopia over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Real GDP growth (World Bank) (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period EthiopiaWorld
2025 9.8% 2.9%
2024 7.6% 2.9%
2023 6.6% 2.9%
2022 5.3% 3.4%
2021 5.6% 6.5%
2020 6.1% -2.9%
2019 8.4% 2.7%
2018 6.8% 3.3%
2017 9.6% 3.4%
2016 9.4% 2.8%
2015 10.4% 3.1%
2014 10.3% 3.2%
2013 10.6% 2.9%
2012 8.6% 2.7%
2011 11.2% 3.3%
2010 12.6% 4.5%
2009 8.8% -1.3%
2008 10.8% 2.1%
2007 11.5% 4.4%
2006 10.8% 4.5%
2005 11.8% 4.1%
2004 13.6% 4.5%
2003 -2.2% 3.1%
2002 1.5% 2.3%
2001 8.3% 2.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.2 percentage points from 7.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 10.4%, the figure has changed by −0.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Ethiopia has the 5th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 2.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1962 to 2025 for Ethiopia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices