Poverty & Inequality in Ethiopia 91 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Ethiopia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 down 50.0% 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 61.7% 143rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 75.4% 116th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.99 live births per woman 2023 down 15.3% 28th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,632 kg per hectare 2024 up 18.1% 100th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 56.1% 122nd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.9299 % change on previous year 2024 down 111.9% 116th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -50 % change on previous year 2025 down 150.0% 137th Gender Inequality Index 0.497 2023 down 13.1% 40th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 10.2% 2023 up 0.4% 166th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1515 2023 down 24.4% 43rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1515 2023 down 24.4% 43rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1954 2023 down 16.4% 31st Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 38.6% 2021 up 3.2% 14th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 10.8% 2021 up 3.8% 14th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 63.7% 2021 down 1.1% 12th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 93.5% 2021 up 0.3% 8th Prosperity gap 9.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 1.1% 13th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3645 2023 up 6.1% 49th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 22.5% 2021 up 1.4% 14th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 39.7% 2021 up 3.1% 15th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 52.5% 2021 down 0.2% 11th Population living in slums 64.3% 2022 down 12.6% 15th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.326 2023 up 16.4% 151st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.326 2023 up 16.4% 151st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.326 2023 up 16.4% 151st Proportion of population below international poverty line 38.6% 2021 up 3.2% 15th Three metrics of inequality 51.57 2021 down 5.4% 72nd Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5157 2021 down 5.4% 72nd Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 16.1 2023 up 97.1% 168th Income share held by second 20% 12.8% 2021 up 1.6% 37th Income share held by third 20% 16.8% 2021 up 3.1% 44th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.4% 2021 up 5.2% 47th Income share held by highest 20% 39.7% 2021 down 4.8% 87th Income share held by highest 10% 24.8% 2021 down 9.5% 82nd Income share held by lowest 10% 3.5% 2021 up 9.4% 25th Income share held by lowest 20% 8.3% 2021 up 3.8% 29th Gini index 31.1 2021 down 6.3% 91st Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 8.9% 2021 down 5.3% 92nd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 14.38 billion international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 up 37.0% 3rd Poverty gap index at $3 a day 10.8% 2021 up 3.0% 14th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.6559 2023 down 65.1% 45th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5036 2021 down 6.2% 61st Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5036 2021 down 6.2% 61st Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.7% 2023 down 64.9% 43rd Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 1,753 2017 up 111.5% 142nd Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 40.5% 2021 down 9.4% 71st Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 10.5% 2021 down 29.8% 90th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 6.2% 2024 up 16,445.3% 102nd Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 38.6% 2021 up 3.3% 14th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3114 2021 down 6.1% 88th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 47.19 million people 2021 up 37.3% 4th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 38.6% 2021 up 3.3% 14th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 38.6% 2021 up 3.3% 14th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 38.6% 2021 up 3.3% 14th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 4.47 million people 2021 up 16.3% 67th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 38.6% 2021 up 3.3% 14th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 38.6% 2021 up 3.3% 14th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 17,246 people 2021 down 81.9% 107th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 100.0% 2021 up 0.2% 3rd Page 1 of 2 Next →