Ethiopia vs Uganda: GDP growth

GDP growth: 8.1% a year in Ethiopia in 2024 and 6.7% a year in Uganda in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 2 percentage points, or 1.34 times that in Uganda.

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% a year · IMF

EthiopiaUgandaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Uganda.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ethiopia at 7.7% a year and Uganda at 5.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Ethiopia	Uganda
2025	9.2	6.7
2024	8.1	6
2023	7.2	5
2022	6.4	6.2
2021	6.3	5.5
2020	6.1	-1.2
2019	9	7.6
2018	7.7	5.6
2017	10.2	6.8
2016	8	0.2
2015	10.4	8
2014	10.3	5.7
2013	9.9	3.9
2012	8.7	2.3
2011	11.4	7.7
2010	10.6	7.5
2009	10	8.1
2008	11.2	10.4
2007	11.8	8.1
2006	11.5	7
2005	12.6	10
2004	11.7	5.8
2003	-2.1	6.2
2002	1.6	7.1
2001	7.4	8.8
2000	9.8	3.9
1999	6.3	8
1998	-4.2	6.1
1997	2.8	4.6
1996	13.5	6.6
1995	6.1	9.2
1994	3.5	7.7
1993	13.4	6.7
1992	-8.9	5.9
1991	-7.2	1.8
1990	2.6	6.5
1989	-0.5	6.4
1988	0.6	8.3
1987	13.9	4
1986	9.7	0.9
1985	-11.4	-3
1984	-2.3	-3
1983	7.8	4.9
1982	1	8.2
1981	–	3.9
1980	4	-3.4

12.3Projected

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

Year	Ethiopia	Uganda
2026	9.2	6.2
2027	7.8	9.9
2028	8.2	7.1
2029	8.2	6.3
2030	8	6
2031	7.7	5.7

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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.
Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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