Ethiopia's general government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) was 881.42 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 653.38% from 117 billion in 2015 (22.38% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 881.42 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 308.1 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 117 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 881.42 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 53.15 billion | 2011 |
| Average since 2016 | 415.79 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 53.15 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Ethiopia's general government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) rose 35.6% on 2024 (from 650 billion to 881.42 billion).
Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2024), the average change was +22.7% and a typical year strayed about 19.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 63.8% in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 20.6% in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 68.22 billion a year. A straight line explains 86% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Ethiopia had the 58th highest value of the 131 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 2025 ranking
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 55th of 131: 987.6 billion
- Saudi Arabia — 56th of 131: 986.89 billion
- Dominican Republic — 57th of 131: 921.3 billion
- Poland — 59th of 131: 829.9 billion
- France — 60th of 131: 725.78 billion
- Denmark — 61st of 131: 711.1 billion
What this measures
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees), and most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 15 values
| Year | General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 881,424,021,913 |
| 2024 | 650,000,000,000 |
| 2023 | 551,106,619,640 |
| 2022 | 453,263,132,841 |
| 2021 | 383,565,300,000 |
| 2020 | 308,096,681,408 |
| 2019 | 247,667,884,149 |
| 2018 | 225,512,756,300 |
| 2017 | 283,955,959,300 |
| 2016 | 173,316,169,500 |
General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 16.41 trillion (2024)
- Benin — 1.27 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 84.72 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 2.86 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 3.71 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 68.37 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 3.82 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 184.03 billion (2025)
- Chad
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 general government final consumption expenditure (current LCU)?
- 881.42 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2011?
- It is up 1,558% from 53.15 billion in 2011 (22.21% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 881.42 billion in 2025 and the lowest 53.15 billion in 2011.
- How does Ethiopia rank?
- 58th highest of 131 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in general government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) unusual for Ethiopia?
- In 2025, Ethiopia's general government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) rose 35.6% on 2024 (from 650 billion to 881.42 billion). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2024), the average change was +22.7% and a typical year strayed about 19.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.GOVT.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, 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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