| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $46.81 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
-3.8% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $700 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 46%
industry: 12.6%
services: 41.4% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
50% (2003 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 33.7% (1995) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
17.8% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture and animal husbandry 80%, industry and construction 8%, government and services 12% (1985) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $1.813 billion
expenditures: $2.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $788 million (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, metals processing, cement |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
6.7% (2001 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
1.713 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 1.3%
hydro: 97.6%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1.2% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
1.594 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
cereals, pulses, coffee, oilseed, sugarcane, potatoes, qat; hides, cattle, sheep, goats |
| Exports : |
$537 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
coffee, qat, gold, leather products, live animals, oilseeds |
| Exports - Partners : |
Djibouti 13.4%, Germany 11.4%, Saudi Arabia 6.9%, Japan 6.8%, Italy 6.4%, US 5.1% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$1.964 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
food and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles |
| Imports - Partners : |
Saudi Arabia 23.6%, US 16.6%, China 6.2%, Switzerland 5%, Italy 4% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$2.9 billion (2001 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$308 million (FY00/01) |
| Currency : |
birr (ETB) |
| Currency Code : |
ETB |
| Exchange Rates : |
birr per US dollar - NA (2003), 8.5678 (2002), 8.4575 (2001), 8.2173 (2000), 7.9423 (1999)
note: since 24 October 2001 exchange rates are determined on a daily basis via interbank transactions regulated by the Central Bank |
| Fiscal Year : |
8 July - 7 July |
