Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Net investment in nonfinancial assets was 1.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Ethiopia, 1990–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 1.5% for net investment in nonfinancial assets in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.6% on the previous year and down 70.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net investment in nonfinancial assets in Ethiopia peaked at 5.9% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 1992.
That places Ethiopia 124th out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.0% | — |
| 1991 | 2.5% | -16.0% |
| 1992 | 1.2% | -53.4% |
| 1993 | 2.3% | +97.0% |
| 1994 | 4.2% | +84.7% |
| 1995 | 4.6% | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 4.5% | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 4.7% | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 4.0% | -15.4% |
| 1999 | 2.8% | -30.7% |
| 2001 | 5.7% | +105.5% |
| 2002 | 4.9% | -12.9% |
| 2003 | 5.5% | +10.7% |
| 2004 | 5.6% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 5.5% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 5.0% | -10.1% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | -22.0% |
| 2009 | 4.2% | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 5.9% | +40.0% |
| 2011 | 5.8% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | -55.6% |
| 2013 | 4.1% | +60.4% |
| 2014 | 5.0% | +21.9% |
| 2015 | 3.9% | -22.4% |
| 2016 | 4.8% | +21.8% |
| 2017 | 3.7% | -23.0% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 2.7% | -20.3% |
| 2020 | 2.3% | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 2.0% | -12.8% |
| 2022 | 2.6% | +25.9% |
| 2023 | 1.7% | -34.0% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | -12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.4% | 1.2% | 4.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.0% | 3.7% | 5.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 4.2% | 2.6% | 5.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 1.5% | 2.6% | 5 |
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More public sector data for Ethiopia
- Arms imports 48.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.3635 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -95.56 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 48.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 6.98 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0062 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -34.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 921.66 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1.77 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net investment in nonfinancial assets in Ethiopia?
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Ethiopia was 1.5% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.9% in 2010.
- What is the lowest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 1992.
- How does Ethiopia rank for net investment in nonfinancial assets?
- Ethiopia ranks 124th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net investment in nonfinancial assets rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 70.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Net investment in government nonfinancial assets includes fixed assets, inventories, valuables, and nonproduced assets. Nonfinancial assets are stores of value and provide benefits either through their use in the production of goods and services or in the form of property income and holding gains. Net investment in nonfinancial assets also includes consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.