Current budget balance, including grants in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Current budget balance, including grants was 29.36 billion current LCU in 2011. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2011)
29.36 billion current LCU
Change on year
up 23.7%
World rank
26th
of 51 countries
All-time high
29.36 billion current LCU
in 2011
All-time low
-3.26 billion current LCU
in 2000
Years of data
36
1976–2011

Current budget balance, including grants in Ethiopia, 1976–2011

010.0B20.0B30.0B1976199320111976: -77.2M current LCU1977: 63.6M current LCU1978: -159.2M current LCU1979: 72.9M current LCU1980: -116.2M current LCU1981: 8.6M current LCU1982: 68.5M current LCU1983: -490.8M current LCU1984: 110.5M current LCU1985: 64.6M current LCU1986: 432.8M current LCU1987: 448.7M current LCU1988: 459.6M current LCU1989: 556.4M current LCU1990: -571.2M current LCU1991: -685.9M current LCU1992: -698.4M current LCU1993: -60.4M current LCU1994: 323.6M current LCU1995: 1.5B current LCU1996: 2.2B current LCU1997: 3.0B current LCU1998: 1.9B current LCU1999: -385.9M current LCU2000: -3.3B current LCU2001: 1.2B current LCU2002: 315.3M current LCU2003: 632.3M current LCU2004: 4.9B current LCU2005: 5.4B current LCU2006: 6.8B current LCU2007: 10.0B current LCU2008: 12.9B current LCU2009: 118.3M current LCU2010: 23.7B current LCU2011: 29.4B current LCU

Source: World Bank country economists. Measured in current LCU.

Analysis

The most recent figure for current budget balance, including grants in Ethiopia is 29.36 billion current LCU, measured in 2011. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.

The figure is up 23.7% on the previous year and up 2,424.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, current budget balance, including grants in Ethiopia peaked at 29.36 billion current LCU in 2011 and was at its lowest, -3.26 billion current LCU, in 2000.

That places Ethiopia 26th out of 51 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s -24.96 million current LCU -159.16 million current LCU 72.91 million current LCU 4
1980s 154.27 million current LCU -490.82 million current LCU 556.44 million current LCU 10
1990s 649.48 million current LCU -698.40 million current LCU 3.03 billion current LCU 10
2000s 3.90 billion current LCU -3.26 billion current LCU 12.88 billion current LCU 10
2010s 26.55 billion current LCU 23.73 billion current LCU 29.36 billion current LCU 2

Countries ranked near Ethiopia

  1. 23 Mauritania 59.09 billion current LCU compare
  2. 24 Central African Republic 56.30 billion current LCU compare
  3. 25 Guinea-Bissau 54.90 billion current LCU compare
  4. 27 Niger 26.10 billion current LCU compare
  5. 28 Comoros 25.75 billion current LCU compare
  6. 29 Burundi 23.20 billion current LCU compare

See the full ranking of 51 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is current budget balance, including grants in Ethiopia?
Current budget balance, including grants in Ethiopia was 29.36 billion current LCU in 2011, according to World Bank country economists.
What is the highest current budget balance, including grants recorded in Ethiopia?
The highest recorded value was 29.36 billion current LCU in 2011.
What is the lowest current budget balance, including grants recorded in Ethiopia?
The lowest recorded value was -3.26 billion current LCU in 2000.
How does Ethiopia rank for current budget balance, including grants?
Ethiopia ranks 26th out of 51 countries with data for 2011.
Is current budget balance, including grants rising or falling in Ethiopia?
Over the last ten years it is up 2,424.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
The figures come from World Bank country economists, published as part of Current budget balance, including grants (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Current budget balance, including grants (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,408 data points, 1965–2011
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The excess of current revenue over current expenditure. data are in current local currencies.