Ethiopia's imports of goods and services (annual % growth) was 11.8% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 10.05 percentage points from 21.85% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 11.8% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | -1.99% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 21.85% | 2015 |
| Highest | 25.99% | 2024 |
| Lowest | -7.47% | 2017 |
| Average since 2016 | 3.6% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 22.21% | 2012 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Ethiopia's imports of goods and services (annual % growth) fell 14.19 percentage points on 2024 (from 25.99% to 11.8%).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2024), the average change was +0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 15.03 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below 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 30.13 percentage points in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.8 percentage points in 2016. 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 2.51 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 47% 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 17th highest value of the 128 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 | 11.8% | 2025 |
| World | 5.65% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.54% | 2025 |
| Low income | 5.67% | 2025 |
Closest to Ethiopia in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 14 values
| Year | Imports of goods and services (annual % growth) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.8 |
| 2024 | 25.99 |
| 2023 | -4.14 |
| 2022 | 10.38 |
| 2021 | 13.26 |
| 2020 | -1.99 |
| 2019 | -5.26 |
| 2018 | -6.59 |
| 2017 | -7.47 |
| 2016 | 0.048 |
| 2015 |
Imports of goods and services (annual % growth) in nearby economies
- Angola — 2.7% (2024)
- Benin — 0.87% (2025)
- Botswana — -18.99% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 7.42% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 3.2% (2025)
- Cameroon — 11.09% (2025)
- Central African Republic — 14.4% (2025)
- Chad — 11.77% (2025)
- Comoros — 3.41% (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
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 imports of goods and services (annual % growth)?
- 11.8% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2012?
- It is down 10.41 percentage points from 22.21% in 2012. The highest value was 25.99% in 2024 and the lowest -7.47% in 2017.
- How does Ethiopia rank?
- 17th highest of 128 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in imports of goods and services (annual % growth) unusual for Ethiopia?
- In 2025, Ethiopia's imports of goods and services (annual % growth) fell 14.19 percentage points on 2024 (from 25.99% to 11.8%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2024), the average change was +0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 15.03 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below 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.IMP.GNFS.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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