Ethiopia vs Guinea

Ethiopia vs Guinea: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2024: 8.1% a year in Ethiopia and 6.5% a year in Guinea, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Guinea.

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% a year · IMF

Ethiopia vs Guinea: GDP growthGDP growth in 2024: 8.1% a year in Ethiopia and 6.5% a year in Guinea, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Guinea.
EthiopiaGuineaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ethiopia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Guinea.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ethiopia at 7.7% a year and Guinea at 8.9% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEthiopiaGuinea
20248.16.5
20237.26.6
20226.44.5
20216.36.9
20206.16.2
201997.3
20187.77.6
201710.212.2
201689.5
201510.41.1
201410.36.9
20139.93.2
20128.77.8
201111.44.2
201010.63.6
2009104.8
200811.25.6
200711.87.5
200611.52.6
200512.63.1
200411.72.4
2003-2.11.3
20021.65.4
20017.43.8
20009.82.6
19996.34
1998-4.23.8
19972.85.5
199613.54.7
19956.14.7
19943.54
199313.45
1992-8.93.3
1991-7.22.5
19902.64.3
1989-0.54
19880.66.3
198713.93.3
19869.73.1
1985-11.45
1984-2.31.4
19837.81.3
198211.8
1981–0.6
198042.6
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearEthiopiaGuinea
20259.26.9
20269.27.2
20277.87.8
20288.210.1
20298.210.2
203089.8
20317.78.9

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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