Ethiopia vs United States: country comparison

A UN member state, or a continent's average.

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In US dollars, spent in each country.

$100 spent in Ethiopia buys about what

$388

buys in the United States, at purchasing power parity

And $100 in the United States buys what $25.75 buys in Ethiopia. Prices across Ethiopia's economy average 26% of the United States', so a dollar goes 3.9 times as far in Ethiopia.

World Bank figures for 2025 unless another year is shown
MeasureEthiopiaUnited States
Economy
Population135.5 million341.8 million
GDPUS dollars, market exchange rates$126 billion$30.8 trillion
GDP per personUS dollars$933$90,027
GDP per person at PPPInternational dollars$3,622$90,027
Prices
Price levelUS prices = 100%26%100%
A US dollar goes as far as$3.88 in the US$1.00 in the US
Income
Median income or consumptionPer person, international dollars$3.49 a day2021 survey · $1,274 a year · consumption$72.07 a day2024 survey · $26,306 a year · income
More figures: GDP at PPP, conversion factor and GNI
Gross national income is what residents earn, at home and abroad
MeasureEthiopiaUnited States
GDP at PPPInternational dollars$491 billion$30.8 trillion
PPP conversion factorLocal currency per international dollar30.77Ethiopian birr1.000U.S. dollar
GNI per person, Atlas methodUS dollars$1,110$88,810
GNI per person at PPPInternational dollars$3,620$89,490

World Bank income groups: Ethiopia, low income; United States, high income.

GDP per person at PPP · 2000 to 2025, in constant 2021 international dollarsAdjusted for inflation, so recent years read lower than the current-dollar figures above.
  • Ethiopia
  • United States
Year-by-year table
YearEthiopiaUnited States
2025$3,095$76,931
2024$2,892$75,698
2023$2,758$74,352
2022$2,656$72,829
2021$2,588$71,441
2020$2,517$67,407
2019$2,438$69,121
2018$2,311$67,728
2017$2,223$66,164
2016$2,085$65,026
2015$1,957$64,368
2014$1,821$63,027
2013$1,697$61,967
2012$1,577$61,142
2011$1,493$60,253
2010$1,381$59,797
2009$1,262$58,722
2008$1,194$60,806
2007$1,109$61,314
2006$1,025$60,684
2005$952$59,612
2004$877$58,139
2003$796$56,505
2002$838$55,443
2001$851$55,024
2000$810$55,046

Ethiopia vs United States: country comparison by Points Frog ↗ · An educational estimate, not financial advice.