Poverty Headcount / Ethiopia
Ethiopia Poverty Headcount
Ethiopia poverty headcount data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 33.10%.
COUNTRY: Ethiopia
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-07-06 05:11:11
GM ECONOMY RATING
Ethiopia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
61 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
11.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
15.0 / 20
External stability
11.0 / 15
Financial robustness
8.0 / 15
Structural stability
8.8 / 15
Future capacity
7.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Ethiopia · poverty headcount data as percent of GDP.
Latest
33.10%
Previous
23.50%
Range avg.
35.77%
Rank
12
Countries by poverty headcount
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CountryEthiopia
IndicatorPoverty Headcount
33.10%2021 · Rank 12
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Ethiopia recorded 33.10% for Poverty Headcount in 2021, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value increased from 23.50% in 2015; the absolute change was 9.60 percentage points.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 6 available observations (35.77%).
Within the last 6 available observations, the range runs from 23.50% in 2015 to 45.50% in 1995.
Comparison
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