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Ethiopia rebases GDP, lifting the measured size of its economy by 59 per cent

The new base year takes the economy to about $201bn, changing its rank among African markets.

Ethiopia rebases GDP, lifting the measured size of its economy by 59 per cent
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Ethiopia has revised its 2024/2025 economy up by 59.2 per cent to $201.42 billion after shifting the GDP base year to 2024/2025 from 2015/2016, according to a government presentation seen by Reuters.

The government put the size of the economy at $210.7 billion for 2025/2026. Rebasing is a routine statistical exercise that captures new sectors, but the scale of the change will alter comparisons with other African economies and influence debt and investment ratios.

Source: Reuters

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