Ethiopia: Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 19.78 percentage points from 16.68% in 2016. Since 2012 it is down 10.29 percentage points from 7.2% in 2012.

What the numbers say

In 2021, Ethiopia's adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) fell 13.22 percentage points on 2020 (from 10.13% to -3.09%).

Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2020), the average change was +0.37 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.35 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.42 percentage points in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 14.54 percentage points in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 16% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2021, Ethiopia had the 119th highest value of the 137 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Ethiopia in the 2021 ranking

• Oman — 116th of 137: -2.93%
• Haiti — 117th of 137: -2.96%
• Philippines — 118th of 137: -3.08%
• Brunei Darussalam — 120th of 137: -3.24%
• Cameroon — 121st of 137: -3.7%
• Namibia — 122nd of 137: -4.46%

What this measures

Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.

Limitations: Adjusted net national income differs from the adjustments made in the calculation of adjusted net savings, by not accounting for investments in human capital or the damages from pollution. Thus, adjusted net national income remains within the boundaries of the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA). The SNA includes non-produced natural assets (such as land, mineral resources, and forests) within the asset boundary when they are under the effective control of institutional units. The calculation of adjusted net national income, which accounts for net forest, energy, and mineral depletion, as well as consumption of fixed capital, thus remains within the SNA boundaries.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 10 values

Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Angola — 0.89% (2021)
• Benin — 5.53% (2021)
• Botswana — 1.7% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — -7.68% (2021)
• Cabo Verde — 6.87% (2021)
• Cameroon — -3.7% (2021)
• Central African Republic — -2.29% (2021)
• Chad — 2.36% (2021)
• Comoros — 0.2% (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Ethiopia

• GDP (current US$) — US$126.36 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 15.09 trillion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$932.73 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 111,421 (2025)
• GNI (current US$) — US$126.14 billion (2025)
• GNI (current LCU) — 15.07 trillion (2025)
• GNI per capita (current LCU) — 111,231 (2025)
• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$3.78 billion (2024)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$3.78 billion (2024)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$128.07 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU)

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Questions people ask

What is Ethiopia's adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)?

-3.09% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2012?

It is down 10.29 percentage points from 7.2% in 2012. The highest value was 16.68% in 2016 and the lowest -3.09% in 2021.

How does Ethiopia rank?

119th highest of 137 economies with data for 2021.

Is the latest change in adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) unusual for Ethiopia?

In 2021, Ethiopia's adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) fell 13.22 percentage points on 2020 (from 10.13% to -3.09%). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2020), the average change was +0.37 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.35 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.NNTY.PC.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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