Ethiopia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Capital
- Addis Ababa
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Population, 2025
- 135 million
- Currency
- ETB
- Area
- 1,104,300 kmΒ²
Across Ethiopia's 8 priced cities, one person needs about $1,405 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $204.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
32out of 100
- Purchasing power25%13
- Safety20%50
- Health care15%No data
- Climate10%No data
- Air quality10%61
- Connectivity10%1
- Cost10%49
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
Averages over the countryβs cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
46.5
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
18.7
New York = 100
Purchasing power
16.6
New York = 100
One person
$1,405
A month, rent included
Net salary
$204
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$707
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$933
2025
Growth
+9.8%
2025
Unemployment
3.3%
2025
Inflation
13.2%
2025
Life expectancy
67.6 years
2024
Internet users
22%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 35%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 30%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 15%
- SourcePwC
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeoβs crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 49.7
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 50.3
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2012
- 8.5
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #147 worldwide
- 12
- Mobile downloadMbps, median
- β
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +29%
Cities in Ethiopia
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Arba Minch | 63 | β | β | β | β | 201K | Low confidence |
| 2Assela (Asela) | 62 | 46.0 | β | β | β | 139.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 3Warder | 61 | β | β | β | β | 450.4K | Low confidence |
| 4Jijiga | 61 | β | β | β | β | 483K | Low confidence |
| 5Debre Markβos | 60 | β | β | β | β | 140.7K | Low confidence |
| 6Debre Birhan | 59 | β | β | β | β | 146.9K | Low confidence |
| 7Debre Tabor | 59 | β | β | β | β | 125.3K | Low confidence |
| 8Weldiya | 59 | β | β | β | β | 104K | Low confidence |
| 9Bishoftu (Debre Zeit) | 59 | 46.0 | β | β | β | 207.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 10Shashamane | 59 | β | β | β | β | 208.4K | Low confidence |
| 11DΔ«la | 59 | β | β | β | β | 158.8K | Low confidence |
| 12Awassa (Hawassa) | 58 | 45.8 | β | β | β | 422.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 13ΔdΔ«grat | 58 | β | β | β | β | 121.8K | Low confidence |
| 14Burayu | 58 | β | β | β | β | 101.4K | Low confidence |
| 15Gonder | 57 | β | β | β | β | 466K | Low confidence |
| 16Mekelle City | 57 | β | β | β | β | 457.9K | Low confidence |
| 17Dessie | 57 | β | β | β | β | 270.4K | Low confidence |
| 18Kombolcha | 57 | β | β | β | β | 132.1K | Low confidence |
| 19ΔrabΔ« | 56 | β | β | β | β | 148.9K | Low confidence |
| 20NekβemtΔ | 56 | β | β | β | β | 156K | Low confidence |
| 21Sebeta | 55 | β | β | β | β | 102.3K | Low confidence |
| 22Inda SilasΔ | 54 | β | β | β | β | 100.1K | Low confidence |
| 23Sodo | 53 | β | β | β | β | 204.1K | Low confidence |
| 24Hosaβina | 52 | β | β | β | β | 188.2K | Low confidence |
| 25Dire Dawa | 50 | β | β | β | β | 343K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 26Bahir Dar | 50 | 41.2 | β | $200 | 27.3 | 350K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 27Adama | 49 | 44.8 | β | $198 | 25.4 | 456.9K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 28Batu (Ziway, Zway) | 48 | 46.0 | β | β | β | β | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 29Harar | 47 | β | β | β | β | 157K | Low confidence |
| 30Jimma | 45 | 56.7 | $214 | $232 | 24.9 | 250.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 31Addis Ababa | 42 | 46.5 | $707 | $204 | 16.6 | 3.9M | High confidence, 33 contributors |