Ethiopia's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) was 112.72 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.11% from 115.15 billion in 2015 (0.21% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 112.72 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 119.59 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 115.15 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 120.7 billion | 2017 |
| Lowest | 10.41 billion | 1992 |
| Average since 2016 | 109.08 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 16.5 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Ethiopia's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) rose 28.1% on 2024 (from 87.98 billion to 112.72 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5.8% and a typical year strayed about 11.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 50.4% in 1984 and the biggest yearly fall was 30.4% in 1992. 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 downward, about 2.72 billion 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 70th highest value of the 152 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
- Argentina — 67th of 152: 131.42 billion
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 68th of 152: 125.29 billion
- Mozambique — 69th of 152: 120.71 billion
- Spain — 71st of 152: 109.12 billion
- Angola — 72nd of 152: 107.63 billion
- Netherlands — 73rd of 152: 93.91 billion
What this measures
Taxes less subsidies on products are taxes payable per unit of a good or service. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 45 values
| Year | Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 112,722,024,767 |
| 2024 | 87,978,826,079 |
| 2023 | 91,576,921,818 |
| 2022 | 98,085,176,796 |
| 2021 | 113,931,828,616 |
| 2020 | 119,592,347,432 |
| 2019 | 112,783,027,385 |
| 2018 | 114,762,056,125 |
| 2017 | 120,696,758,000 |
| 2016 | 118,700,000,000 |
Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 107.63 billion (2025)
- Benin — 1.17 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 8.4 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 1.07 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 271.73 billion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 48.77 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 2.12 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 93.5 billion (2025)
- Chad — 399.13 billion (2025)
- Comoros
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 taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU)?
- 112.72 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1981?
- It is up 583.36% from 16.5 billion in 1981 (4.46% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 120.7 billion in 2017 and the lowest 10.41 billion in 1992.
- How does Ethiopia rank?
- 70th highest of 152 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) unusual for Ethiopia?
- In 2025, Ethiopia's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) rose 28.1% on 2024 (from 87.98 billion to 112.72 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5.8% and a typical year strayed about 11.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.TAX.NIND.KN, 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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