Ethiopia Poverty Rate

Ethiopia poverty rate for 2021 was 93.50%, a 3.6% increase from 2015.
  • Ethiopia poverty rate for 2015 was 89.90%, a 3.3% decline from 2010.
  • Ethiopia poverty rate for 2010 was 93.20%, a 2.5% decline from 2004.
  • Ethiopia poverty rate for 2004 was 95.70%, a 2% decline from 1999.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.