Ethiopia's gross national expenditure (current US$) was US$135.07 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 79.85% from US$75.1 billion in 2015 (6.05% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$135.07 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$108.3 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$75.1 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$159.21 billion | 2024 |
| Lowest | US$36.7 billion | 2011 |
| Average since 2016 | US$116.94 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$36.7 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Ethiopia's gross national expenditure (current US$) fell 15.2% on 2024 (from US$159.21 billion to US$135.07 billion).
Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2024), the average change was +12.3% and a typical year strayed about 9.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 39.1% in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.2% in 2025. 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 US$8.21 billion a year. A straight line explains 89% 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 55th highest value of the 130 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | US$135.07 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$111.01 trillion | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$2.71 trillion | 2025 |
| Low income | US$692.01 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Ethiopia in the 2025 ranking
- Slovak Republic — 51st of 130: US$154.77 billion
- Kenya — 52nd of 130: US$142.89 billion
- Guatemala — 53rd of 130: US$142.31 billion
- Dominican Republic — 55th of 130: US$132.78 billion
- Bulgaria — 56th of 130: US$132.13 billion
- Puerto Rico (US) — 57th of 130: US$130.21 billion
What this measures
Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 15 values
| Year | Gross national expenditure (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 135,067,749,657 |
| 2024 | 159,206,721,187 |
| 2023 | 145,937,424,386 |
| 2022 | 135,586,808,168 |
| 2021 | 118,976,391,335 |
| 2020 | 108,299,492,000 |
| 2019 | 103,911,403,648 |
| 2018 | 91,736,026,856 |
| 2017 | 91,996,584,567 |
| 2016 | 78,657,021,432 |
Gross national expenditure (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$90.8 billion (2024)
- Benin — US$25.31 billion (2025)
- Botswana — US$21.21 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — US$26.25 billion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — US$3.4 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — US$62.65 billion (2025)
- Central African Republic — US$3.5 billion (2025)
- Chad — US$18.75 billion (2025)
- Comoros — US$2.22 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$91.33 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Ethiopia
- GDP (current US$) — 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$128.07 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Ethiopia's gross national expenditure (current US$)?
- US$135.07 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2011?
- It is up 268.03% from US$36.7 billion in 2011 (9.75% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$159.21 billion in 2024 and the lowest US$36.7 billion in 2011.
- How does Ethiopia rank?
- 55th highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross national expenditure (current US$) unusual for Ethiopia?
- In 2025, Ethiopia's gross national expenditure (current US$) fell 15.2% on 2024 (from US$159.21 billion to US$135.07 billion). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2024), the average change was +12.3% and a typical year strayed about 9.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.DAB.TOTL.CD, 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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