Gender in Ethiopia 219 indicators covering gender for Ethiopia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 57,452 2030 up 19.4% 8th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 1.69 % change on previous year 2030 down 1.6% 13th Population 95,403 2030 up 34.7% 12th Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 95,403 2030 up 34.7% 12th Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.76 % change on previous year 2030 down 20.1% 27th Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 1.98 million 2025 up 23.1% 7th Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 2.07 million 2025 up 23.0% 7th Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 1.95 million 2025 up 25.4% 7th Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 2.04 million 2025 up 25.4% 7th Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 1.92 million 2025 up 25.7% 7th Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 2.01 million 2025 up 25.7% 7th Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 1.89 million 2025 up 24.5% 7th Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 1.98 million 2025 up 24.7% 6th Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 1.86 million 2025 up 23.4% 7th Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 1.94 million 2025 up 23.6% 6th Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 1.83 million 2025 up 22.2% 8th Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 1.90 million 2025 up 22.4% 7th Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 31.52 2027 up 24.9% 156th Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.691 2025 up 3.3% 113th Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.455 2025 down 17.6% 135th Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.638 2025 up 23.6% 114th Women's Political Participation Index 0.993 2025 up 1.7% 37th Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.691 2025 up 3.3% 113th Key features of women's political empowerment 0.691 2025 up 3.3% 113th Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year 2025 up 35.9% 37th Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.691 2025 up 3.3% 113th Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 — 20th Prevalence of obesity, female 4.4% 2024 up 72.0% 192nd Prevalence of obesity, male 1.4% 2024 up 104.4% 196th Life expectancy at age 60, female 19.4 years 2024 up 7.6% 150th Life expectancy at age 60, male 23.31 years 2024 up 43.1% 30th Share of women who are obese 4.4% 2024 up 72.1% 195th Share of women who are overweight or obese 14.1% 2024 up 38.0% 198th Share of overweight men vs. women 8.1% 2024 up 46.4% 199th Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 76.1% 2024 up 13.4% 159th Share of women who are married or in a union 21.5% 2019 down 0.9% 16th Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th Population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 51.5% 27th Population, annual growth rate 2.62 % change on previous year 2024 down 3.8% 26th Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 49.2% 108th Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 27.72 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 down 0.4% 187th Women, Business and the Law Index 80 index (0–100) 2023 up 11.3% 99th Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women have the same rights to remarry as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 122nd Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 1st Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 down 9.5% 31st Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 114.04 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.7% 71st Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 7.1% 158th Labor force, female 24.46 million 2025 up 16.5% 12th Labor force, female, per capita 0.1805 units per person 2025 down 10.7% 118th Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.27 index 2025 up 7.2% 6th Page 1 of 4 Next →