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Ethiopia

8.0N 38.0E · 28 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
CONTINUOUS ETHIOPIAN STATEHOOD (KINGDOM OF AKSUM / SOLOMONIC DYNASTY) · 1ST CENTURY CE (AKSUM); RESTORED 1270 (SOLOMONIC DYNASTY)
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1916 – present · Haile Selassie, the Derg, Civil War and Modern Ethiopia
5 EVENTS
1936–1941 · Italian occupation and liberation 2 REFS
12 September 1974 · Revolution overthrows the monarchy 2 REFS
1855 – 1913 · Menelik II, Adwa and the Defeat of Colonisation
5 EVENTS
2 May 1889 · Treaty of Wuchale signed 5 REFS
1 March 1896 · Battle of Adwa 3 REFS
1636 – 1855 · Gondar, the Era of the Princes and Reunification
4 EVENTS
1636 · Fasilides founds Gondar 2 REFS
1855 · Tewodros II reunifies Ethiopia 2 REFS
c. 1137 – 1527 · The Zagwe Kings, Lalibela and the Solomonic Restoration
5 EVENTS
c. 1137 · Zagwe dynasty established 2 REFS
late 12th–early 13th c. · Rock-hewn churches of Lalibela carved 2 REFS
c. 1st – 7th century CE · The Kingdom of Aksum and Early Christianity
5 EVENTS
c. 1st–2nd century CE · Aksum emerges as a trading empire 2 REFS
c. 3rd century CE · Aksum issues its own coinage 2 REFS
c. 3.2 million years ago – c. 400 BCE · Cradle of Humankind and the Kingdom of D'mt
4 EVENTS
c. 3.2 million years ago · Lucy lives in the Afar region 2 REFS
c. 10th century BCE · Rise of the kingdom of D'mt 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Addis Ababa
Population
105 m
Area
1,104,300 km²
Region
Eastern Africa
Languages
Amharic
Currency
Ethiopian birr (Br)
Demonym
Ethiopian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$126 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$933’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
9.8%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
13.2%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
33.5%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
135 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
67.6 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
24.1%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
3.9’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
60.5%’22 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
35.1’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
33.7’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
38.8’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
41.7’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
38.9’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
39.0’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
2.8%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.14’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
44.5’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
72.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
13.5%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
60.5%’22 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
2.3%’24 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
84.4%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
33.9%’15 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
5.9%’14 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.3%’17 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
89’17 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
21.9%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
65’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
3.8%’23 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
1,128,499 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
14.9%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
34.1%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.1’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
90.6%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
5.9%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.3%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
5.6%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
56.6%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
0.7%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$922 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
138,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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