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Your guide to exporting from and investing in Ethiopia.
Find market information, understand requirements and connect with the organizations that can help.
Export from Ethiopia
What Ethiopia sells and who buys it, the trade agreements, the steps to export and the organizations that help exporters.
Goods exports
US$2.86 billion
Source: UN Comtrade, Ethiopia exports by destination, 2023 (opens in a new tab) · as of October 9, 2024
Invest in Ethiopia
The economy at a glance, what to check before you set up, the steps and the organizations that help investors.
Foreign direct investment inflows
US$3.8 billion
Source: UNCTADstat, foreign direct investment flows, Ethiopia (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
Find public support
The public and membership bodies that help companies, grouped by what you need, each linking to its own site.
Organizations in this guide
13
Promote:Ethiopia is an independent guide by Promote:Global, not an official government portal. The organizations named here are independent public and membership bodies, not Promote:Global partners, and every link goes to their own site.
Ethiopia at a glance
PopulationEstimate
135.5 million
Ethiopia's population was 135,472,051 people in 2025.
Source: World Bank WDI, Ethiopia population, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
GDPEstimate
US$126.4 billion
GDP was US$126.36 billion in current dollars in fiscal year 2024/25, which the World Bank labels 2025.
Source: World Bank WDI, Ethiopia GDP, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of FY2024/25
GDP per personEstimate
US$933
GDP per person was US$932.73 in current dollars in fiscal year 2024/25, which the World Bank labels 2025.
Source: World Bank WDI, Ethiopia GDP per person, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of FY2024/25
Real GDP growthEstimate
9.8%
Real GDP growth was 9.8 percent in fiscal year 2024/25, which the World Bank labels 2025.
Source: World Bank WDI, Ethiopia real GDP growth, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of FY2024/25
Inflation
14.9%
Annual headline inflation was 14.9 percent in September 2026, the latest twelve-month rate in the Ethiopian Statistical Service bulletin.
Source: Ethiopian Statistical Service, CPI bulletin, September 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of September 2026
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Facts read from public sources, with an editorial cut-off of October 31, 2026. Nothing here is investment, legal, tax or sanctions advice. Check current status with the organization before you rely on it.