Development Ledger · Sub-Saharan Africa
Ethiopia
HDI rank 180 of 193Low incomeGDI group 5
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.497
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.326
34.4% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
67.3 yrs
Expected schooling 9.2 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$2,796
Mean schooling 2.4 yrs
HDI over Time
Ethiopia against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.728
Education0.336
Income0.503
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.38. A child born today will be 38% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Ethiopia against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.