Eritrea vs Ethiopia

Eritrea vs Ethiopia: GDP growth

GDP growth: 3.8% a year in Eritrea in 2019 and 8.1% a year in Ethiopia in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 5.2 percentage points, or 2.36 times that in Eritrea.

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% a year · IMF

Eritrea vs Ethiopia: GDP growthGDP growth: 3.8% a year in Eritrea in 2019 and 8.1% a year in Ethiopia in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 5.2 percentage points, or 2.36 times that in Eritrea.
EritreaEthiopiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ethiopia has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Eritrea.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ethiopia at 7.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEritreaEthiopia
2024–8.1
2023–7.2
2022–6.4
2021–6.3
2020–6.1
20193.89
2018137.7
2017-1010.2
20167.48
2015-20.610.4
201430.910.3
2013-10.59.9
20121.98.7
201125.711.4
201010.910.6
200912.210
2008-19.411.2
20071.411.8
2006-111.5
20052.612.6
20041.511.7
2003-2.7-2.1
200231.6
20018.87.4
2000-12.49.8
19990.26.3
19982-4.2
19977.92.8
19969.113.5
19952.36.1
199420.93.5
199312.913.4
1992–-8.9
1991–-7.2
1990–2.6
1989–-0.5
1988–0.6
1987–13.9
1986–9.7
1985–-11.4
1984–-2.3
1983–7.8
1982–1
1980–4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearEritreaEthiopia
2025–9.2
2026–9.2
2027–7.8
2028–8.2
2029–8.2
2030–8
2031–7.7

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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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