Poverty & Inequality in Ethiopia 20 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Ethiopia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 93.5% 2021 up 0.3% 8th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 63.7% 2021 down 1.1% 12th 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 Prosperity gap 9.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 1.1% 13th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 52.5% 2021 down 0.2% 11th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 39.7% 2021 up 3.1% 15th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 22.5% 2021 up 1.4% 14th Population living in slums 64.3% 2022 down 12.6% 15th Income share held by second 20% 12.8% 2021 up 1.6% 37th Gini index 31.1 2021 down 6.3% 89th Income share held by lowest 20% 8.3% 2021 up 3.8% 29th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.5% 2021 up 9.4% 25th Income share held by highest 10% 24.8% 2021 down 9.5% 80th Income share held by highest 20% 39.7% 2021 down 4.8% 85th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.4% 2021 up 5.2% 45th Income share held by third 20% 16.8% 2021 up 3.1% 44th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 8.9% 2021 down 5.3% 90th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 38.6% 2021 up 3.3% 14th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 33.1% 2021 up 11.8% 9th