Foreign aid and investments received in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Foreign aid and investments received was 8.21 billion millions of current united states dollars in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
8.21 billion millions of current united states dollars
Change on year
up 59.4%
World rank
7th
of 155 countries
All-time high
8.21 billion millions of current united states dollars
in 2024
All-time low
681.71 million millions of current united states dollars
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2024
Foreign aid and investments received in Ethiopia, 2000–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in millions of current united states dollars.
Analysis
In 2024, foreign aid and investments received in Ethiopia stood at 8.21 billion millions of current united states dollars. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 59.4% on the previous year and up 112.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign aid and investments received in Ethiopia peaked at 8.21 billion millions of current united states dollars in 2024 and was at its lowest, 681.71 million millions of current united states dollars, in 2000.
That places Ethiopia 7th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Foreign aid and investments received in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | millions of current united states dollars | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 681.71 million millions of current united states dollars | — |
| 2001 | 1.05 billion millions of current united states dollars | +53.8% |
| 2002 | 1.09 billion millions of current united states dollars | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 1.64 billion millions of current united states dollars | +50.7% |
| 2004 | 1.67 billion millions of current united states dollars | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 1.92 billion millions of current united states dollars | +14.7% |
| 2006 | 2.02 billion millions of current united states dollars | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 2.52 billion millions of current united states dollars | +24.9% |
| 2008 | 3.18 billion millions of current united states dollars | +26.2% |
| 2009 | 4.07 billion millions of current united states dollars | +28.0% |
| 2010 | 3.02 billion millions of current united states dollars | -25.7% |
| 2011 | 3.51 billion millions of current united states dollars | +16.2% |
| 2012 | 3.32 billion millions of current united states dollars | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 3.86 billion millions of current united states dollars | +16.2% |
| 2014 | 3.87 billion millions of current united states dollars | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 4.10 billion millions of current united states dollars | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 4.95 billion millions of current united states dollars | +20.7% |
| 2017 | 5.26 billion millions of current united states dollars | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 5.41 billion millions of current united states dollars | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 4.79 billion millions of current united states dollars | -11.3% |
| 2020 | 5.47 billion millions of current united states dollars | +14.1% |
| 2021 | 3.87 billion millions of current united states dollars | -29.3% |
| 2022 | 4.53 billion millions of current united states dollars | +17.2% |
| 2023 | 5.15 billion millions of current united states dollars | +13.7% |
| 2024 | 8.21 billion millions of current united states dollars | +59.4% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 8.21 billion millions of current united states dollars is above the median for low income countries, which is 1.65 billion millions of current united states dollars, 5.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 8.21 billion millions of current united states dollars is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.16 billion millions of current united states dollars, 7.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.98 billion millions of current united states dollars | 681.71 million millions of current united states dollars | 4.07 billion millions of current united states dollars | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.21 billion millions of current united states dollars | 3.02 billion millions of current united states dollars | 5.41 billion millions of current united states dollars | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.45 billion millions of current united states dollars | 3.87 billion millions of current united states dollars | 8.21 billion millions of current united states dollars | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 4 Brazil 22.18 billion millions of current united states dollars compare
- 5 Turkey 16.57 billion millions of current united states dollars compare
- 6 Uzbekistan 8.38 billion millions of current united states dollars compare
- 8 Syria 8.16 billion millions of current united states dollars compare
- 9 Thailand 6.99 billion millions of current united states dollars compare
- 10 Costa Rica 6.93 billion millions of current united states dollars compare
More economy & growth data for Ethiopia
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.0318 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.4608 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.0232 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -16.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0038 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 3.57 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate -20.34 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign aid and investments received in Ethiopia?
- Foreign aid and investments received in Ethiopia was 8.21 billion millions of current united states dollars in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest foreign aid and investments received recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.21 billion millions of current united states dollars in 2024.
- What is the lowest foreign aid and investments received recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 681.71 million millions of current united states dollars in 2000.
- How does Ethiopia rank for foreign aid and investments received?
- Ethiopia ranks 7th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is foreign aid and investments received rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 112.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Foreign aid and investments received. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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