Egypt vs Ethiopia

Egypt vs Ethiopia: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2024: 2.4% a year in Egypt and 8.1% a year in Ethiopia, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 5.7 percentage points, or 3.36 times that in Egypt.

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% a year · IMF

Egypt vs Ethiopia: GDP growthGDP growth in 2024: 2.4% a year in Egypt and 8.1% a year in Ethiopia, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 5.7 percentage points, or 3.36 times that in Egypt.
EgyptEthiopiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ethiopia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Egypt.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 4.8% a year and Ethiopia at 7.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEgyptEthiopia
20242.48.1
20233.87.2
20226.76.4
20213.36.3
20203.66.1
20195.59
20185.37.7
20174.210.2
20164.38
20154.410.4
20142.910.3
20133.39.9
20122.28.7
20111.811.4
20105.110.6
20094.710
20087.211.2
20077.111.8
20066.811.5
20054.512.6
20044.111.7
20033.2-2.1
20023.21.6
20013.57.4
20005.49.8
19996.16.3
19987.5-4.2
19975.92.8
19964.913.5
19954.56.1
19944.23.5
19932.913.4
19920.3-8.9
19912.1-7.2
19902.42.6
19893-0.5
198840.6
19874.313.9
19864.89.7
19857.4-11.4
19848-2.3
19838.97.8
19827.31
19812.2–
19803.44
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearEgyptEthiopia
20254.49.2
20265.19.2
20274.77.8
202858.2
20295.58.2
20304.88
20314.87.7

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.

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