Ethiopia vs Uganda: Economic Indicators Comparison

Ethiopia with a GDP of $84.4B ranked the 68th largest economy in the world, while Uganda ranked 104th with $27.5B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Ethiopia and Uganda ranked 2nd vs 41st and 181st vs 187th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatEthiopiaUganda
GDP$84.4B$27.5B
GDP growth, 1 year7.7%6.2%
GDP growth, 5-years average9.3%4.7%
Population105M42.9M
GDP per capita$772$643
GDP per capita growth4.05%2.27%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor9.971153.9
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.380.32
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$2.3k$2.5k
GNI, Atlas method$86.7B$26.7B
GNI per capita$790$620
GNI, PPP adjusted$219.4B$84.3B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$2k

Financial system and Human development

StatEthiopiaUganda
Income Tax Rate35%30%
Corporate Tax Rate30%30%
Inflation, consumer prices13.8%2.6%
Inflation, GDP deflator12.5%3.2%
Unemployment1.8%1.7%
Economic Freedom Index53.659.5
Personal Freedom Index5.445.6
Human Freedom Index5.336.4
Property Rights Index36.545.6
Judical Effectiveness Index45.136.9
Business Freedom Index48.646
Fiscal Health Index79.264.3
Labor Freedom Index57.683.1
Investment Freedom Index3555
Financial Freedom Index2040
Trade Freedom Index60.875.4
Monetary Freedom Index62.778
Government Spending Index90.888.4
Tax Burden Index77.480.3
Government Integrity Index29.421.4
Corruption Perceptions Index3426
Life expectancy at birth, years65.962.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people7.29.9
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people26.729
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people7.611
International tourism, number of arrivals849k1.4M

Government debt & reserves

StatEthiopiaUganda
Central government debt, % of GDP61.1%42.2%
External debt stocks, % of GNI33.4%46.3%
External debt stocks$28B$12.3B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves18.8%15.2%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income20.8%12.2%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI9.3%-9.5%
Gross savings, % of GDP33.2%18.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP34.1%25%
Total reserves including gold$4B$3.4B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$3.4B$1.3B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatEthiopiaUganda
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP8.4%19.5%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP22.8%28.7%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$4.6B-$2.6B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP9%15%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$2.4B$1.4B
Personal remittances received$436.3M$1.2B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP27.3%19.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP31.2%24.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$26.7M$11M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$7.8M$10.4M
Expense, % of GDP10.8%14.2%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP17.5%19.7%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Ethiopia vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M
Chad
$728
15.5M
Gambia
$716
2.1M
Burkina Faso
$715
19.2M
Togo
$679
7.8M
Liberia
$677
4.73M
DR Congo
$562
86.8M
Sierra Leone
$534
7.56M
Madagascar
$528
25.6M
Afghanistan
$521
34.9M
Mozambique
$499
29.7M
Central African Republic
$476
4.66M
Niger
$414
21.5M
Malawi
$389
18.6M
Somalia
$315
11M
Burundi
$272
10.9M

Uganda vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M
Chad
$728
15.5M
Gambia
$716
2.1M
Burkina Faso
$715
19.2M
Togo
$679
7.8M
Liberia
$677
4.73M
DR Congo
$562
86.8M
Sierra Leone
$534
7.56M
Madagascar
$528
25.6M
Afghanistan
$521
34.9M
Mozambique
$499
29.7M
Central African Republic
$476
4.66M
Niger
$414
21.5M
Malawi
$389
18.6M
Somalia
$315
11M
Burundi
$272
10.9M