Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 0.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Ethiopia, 2000–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 0.7% for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in 2023.
That represents a change of down 21.4% on the previous year and down 64.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Ethiopia peaked at 3.9% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2020.
Ethiopia ranks 43rd of 149 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.2% | — |
| 2001 | 2.1% | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | -53.8% |
| 2003 | 2.2% | +124.7% |
| 2004 | 1.7% | -23.4% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | +25.1% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | +24.9% |
| 2007 | 3.9% | +50.6% |
| 2008 | 2.6% | -33.8% |
| 2009 | 2.0% | -21.9% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | +17.2% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 1.8% | -24.2% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | -17.0% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | -23.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -20.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | -14.7% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | +31.2% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -21.4% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 0.7% is below the median for low income countries, which is 1.5%, 45% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 0.7% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7%, 97% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Ethiopia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +124.7% | 1.0% | 2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.2% | 1.0% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 0.8% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More poverty & inequality data for Ethiopia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.99 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,632 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.9299 % change on previous year (2024)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -50 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.497 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 10.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Ethiopia?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Ethiopia was 0.7% in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.9% in 2007.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2020.
- How does Ethiopia rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Ethiopia ranks 43rd out of 149 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI).