Ethiopia, year by year

Every index this site holds for Ethiopia, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2000

Human development rose from 0.293 in 2000 to 0.497 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 24 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

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Life expectancy at birth: 67.6 years2024at birthUp 13.2 years from 54.4 years in 2005
Internet users: 22%2024of people onlineUp 22 points from 0% in 2006
Urban population: 24%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 8 points from 16% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.912024births per womanDown 2.28 from 6.19 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 91%2021of energy usedDown 4 points from 94% in 2004
Access to electricity: 57%2024of people with electricityUp 43 points from 14% in 2005
Infant mortality: 352024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 40 from 74 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.1 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.1 t from 0.1 t in 2005
Forest area: 15%2023of land under forestDown 1 point from 16% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 4 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	45.1	—	—	7.20	96.2	—	127	0.1	—	—	—
1991	—	46.7	—	13.0	7.16	96.3	—	124	0.0	—	—	—
1992	—	47.3	—	13.3	7.13	97.5	—	121	0.0	—	—	—
1993	—	47.7	—	13.5	7.09	96.9	—	118	0.0	19.0	—	—
1994	—	47.9	—	13.7	7.05	96.5	—	114	0.0	19.0	—	—
1995	—	48.2	0.0	13.9	7.00	96.2	—	110	0.1	18.9	—	—
1996	—	48.7	0.0	14.1	6.93	95.9	—	107	0.1	18.8	—	—
1997	—	49.2	0.0	14.3	6.87	95.8	—	103	0.1	18.8	—	—
1998	—	49.8	0.0	14.5	6.79	95.7	—	99	0.1	18.7	—	—
1999	—	49.5	0.0	14.7	6.72	95.8	—	96	0.1	18.6	—	—
2000	0.293	50.9	0.0	14.9	6.65	95.5	13	92	0.1	18.5	—	—
2001	0.307	51.4	0.0	15.1	6.58	94.6	10	89	0.1	18.5	—	—
2002	0.314	52.1	0.1	15.3	6.50	94.5	12	85	0.1	18.4	—	—
2003	0.317	52.9	0.1	15.5	6.40	94.2	14	82	0.1	18.3	—	—
2004	0.331	53.7	0.2	15.8	6.30	94.1	15	78	0.1	16.2	—	—
2005	0.350	54.4	0.2	16.0	6.19	94.7	14	74	0.1	16.1	—	—
2006	0.366	55.4	0.3	16.2	6.05	94.5	19	71	0.1	16.0	189	693
2007	0.383	56.6	0.4	16.1	5.89	94.1	20	68	0.1	16.0	237	770
2008	0.398	57.7	0.5	16.8	5.70	94.1	22	65	0.1	15.9	316	845
2009	0.405	58.7	0.5	17.1	5.49	94.2	24	62	0.1	15.8	369	899
2010	0.415	59.7	0.8	17.5	5.28	94.1	26	59	0.1	15.8	331	996
2011	0.425	60.6	1.1	17.9	5.08	93.6	23	57	0.1	15.7	343	1098
2012	0.433	61.4	2.9	18.2	4.89	93.3	29	54	0.1	15.6	452	1179
2013	0.441	62.2	4.6	18.6	4.71	92.4	31	52	0.1	15.6	484	1253
2014	0.449	62.9	7.7	19.0	4.61	91.4	27	50	0.1	15.5	550	1485
2015	0.456	63.6	13.9	19.4	4.53	91.5	29	48	0.1	15.4	598	1633
2016	0.463	64.2	15.4	19.9	4.47	90.4	43	46	0.1	15.4	642	1858
2017	0.470	64.8	15.6	20.3	4.40	90.8	44	44	0.1	15.3	696	2005
2018	0.476	65.3	15.9	20.8	4.37	90.0	45	42	0.2	15.3	740	2095
2019	0.482	65.7	16.0	21.3	4.35	89.3	48	41	0.2	15.2	793	2242
2020	0.486	66.0	16.1	21.6	4.27	90.7	51	39	0.1	15.1	830	2407
2021	0.487	65.3	16.7	22.1	4.18	90.6	54	50	0.2	15.1	893	2588
2022	0.494	66.9	18.0	22.7	4.08	—	55	48	0.1	15.0	982	2844
2023	0.497	67.3	20.3	23.1	3.99	—	55	39	0.1	14.9	1056	3063
2024	—	67.6	21.9	23.6	3.91	—	57	35	0.1	—	1134	3292
2025	—	—	—	24.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	933	3622
On the profile	0.497	67.6	21.9	24.1	3.91	90.6	—	—	0.1	14.9	933	3622

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. The last row, On the profile, is the figure the country profile shows today, set under its series so the two can be checked against each other. ≠ marks a difference of more than 2%: none on this page.

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