Ethiopia vs Côte d’Ivoire: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2024: 8.1% a year in Ethiopia and 6% a year in Côte d’Ivoire, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 2 percentage points, or 1.34 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

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% a year · IMF

EthiopiaCôte d’IvoireIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ethiopia at 7.7% a year and Côte d’Ivoire at 6.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Ethiopia	Côte d’Ivoire
2024	8.1	6
2023	7.2	6.6
2022	6.4	6.4
2021	6.3	7.1
2020	6.1	0.7
2019	9	6.7
2018	7.7	4.8
2017	10.2	7.4
2016	8	7.2
2015	10.4	8.8
2014	10.3	8.8
2013	9.9	9.3
2012	8.7	10.9
2011	11.4	-4.9
2010	10.6	2
2009	10	3.3
2008	11.2	2.5
2007	11.8	1.8
2006	11.5	1.5
2005	12.6	1.7
2004	11.7	1.2
2003	-2.1	-1.4
2002	1.6	-1.7
2001	7.4	0.1
2000	9.8	-2.1
1999	6.3	1.6
1998	-4.2	4.9
1997	2.8	5.7
1996	13.5	8.1
1995	6.1	5.6
1994	3.5	0.2
1993	13.4	-0.2
1992	-8.9	-0.3
1991	-7.2	0
1990	2.6	-1.1
1989	-0.5	3
1988	0.6	1.1
1987	13.9	-0.5
1986	9.7	4.8
1985	-11.4	3.6
1984	-2.3	-2
1983	7.8	-2.5
1982	1	0.2
1981	–	3.5
1980	4	5.2

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031

Year	Ethiopia	Côte d’Ivoire
2025	9.2	6.5
2026	9.2	6
2027	7.8	6.1
2028	8.2	6.6
2029	8.2	7
2030	8	6.8
2031	7.7	6.5

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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Deaths in conflictsEthiopia: 102,900 deaths in 2022Côte d’Ivoire: 0 deaths in 2022