Ethiopia's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) was 575.8 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 447.71% from 105.13 billion in 2015 (18.54% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 575.8 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 191.35 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 105.13 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 575.8 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 871.3 million | 1982 |
| Average since 2016 | 248.86 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 872.34 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Ethiopia's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) rose 49.5% on 2024 (from 385.15 billion to 575.8 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +19.6% and a typical year strayed about 12.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 53.8% in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.9% 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 upward, about 43.41 billion a year. A straight line explains 83% 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 50th highest value of the 150 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. — 46th of 150: 739.43 billion
- Czechia — 47th of 150: 731.08 billion
- Sweden — 48th of 150: 685.66 billion
- Jamaica — 50th of 150: 546.6 billion
- Dominican Republic — 51st of 150: 543.45 billion
- Congo, Rep. — 52nd of 150: 512.42 billion
What this measures
Taxes less subsidies on products are taxes payable per unit of a good or service. 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 45 values
| Year | Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 575,799,740,654 |
| 2024 | 385,147,905,649 |
| 2023 | 319,343,079,720 |
| 2022 | 257,339,913,267 |
| 2021 | 221,967,263,240 |
| 2020 | 191,351,089,000 |
| 2019 | 152,599,585,000 |
| 2018 | 137,583,456,000 |
| 2017 | 128,755,466,000 |
| 2016 | 118,700,000,000 |
Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 1.11 trillion (2025)
- Benin — 1.36 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 15.36 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 1.36 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 1.63 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 48.82 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 2.44 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 209.12 billion (2025)
- Chad — 380.05 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 (current LCU)?
- 575.8 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1981?
- It is up 65,907% from 872.34 million in 1981 (15.9% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 575.8 billion in 2025 and the lowest 871.3 million in 1982.
- How does Ethiopia rank?
- 50th highest of 150 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) unusual for Ethiopia?
- In 2025, Ethiopia's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) rose 49.5% on 2024 (from 385.15 billion to 575.8 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +19.6% and a typical year strayed about 12.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.TAX.NIND.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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