Map of Ethiopia

Ethiopia

  • The Catholic Relief Services-led Joint Emergency Operation is providing relief food assistance for 2.6 million people in Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Somali, and Tigray regions. Photo: Catholic Relief Services

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  • See how USAID responded to the recent El Niño drought in Ethiopia. Photo: Nancy McNally, Catholic Relief Services.

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  • Stories to Inspire the End of Extreme Poverty. Read how an Ethiopian community finds resilience, liter by liter

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  • In Ethiopia, USAID is focusing on improving student's reading skills in seven mother tongue languages.

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  • Urban health professional Sister Mahelet visiting a household in Addis Ababa. Photo: Kibrewosen Worku, John Snow, Inc.

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In the Amhara region of Ethiopia, Mariye Amsalu stands in front of the bee colonies his youth group manages.
As Ethiopia Restores Watersheds, Landless Youth Find Sweet Rewards
Verde Beef
Verde Beef - Expanding the Private Sector
 A woman from Gelesha Kebele takes part in the participatory forest resources assessment.
Seeing the Forest for the Trees

About Ethiopia

Our portfolio in Ethiopia is one of the largest and most complex in Africa.

Over the last decade, Ethiopia has made tremendous development gains in education, health and food security. In 2015, GDP growth was 9.6 percent (World Bank). The addition of 38,000 health extension workers has helped reduce the under-five child mortality rate by more than six percent a year since 2000.

Ethiopia still remains one of the ten poorest countries in the world, with an estimated annual per capita income of $619 in 2015 (World Bank). Roughly 34 percent of Ethiopians live below the poverty line of $1.90 a day and are vulnerable to food insecurity, and about 75 percent depend on subsistence agriculture (IFPRI). From a humanitarian perspective, approximately 10.1 million people needed emergency food assistance in 2016 and approximately 7.8 million will require assistance in 2017. This is in addition to 7.9 million chronically food insecure beneficiaries who are supported through the Productive Safety Net Program. Its fast-growing population, now estimated at more than 104 million, puts tremendous pressure on the land and natural resources that are the cornerstones for the country's growth.

To further the country’s progress, the Ethiopian Government has committed itself to a five-year Growth and Transformation Plan and includes sustainably improving rural livelihoods and national food security. U.S. assistance capitalizes on a partnership with the government to increase economic growth with resiliency, deliver quality basic public health and education services and promote a governance environment that is conducive for sustainable economic development.

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Key Documents / Reports

Contact Information

Mission Contact

USAID Ethiopia
Entoto Street
PO Box 1014
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Phone 
+251 11 130 6002
Fax 
+251 11 124 2438

USAID Contact

Robert O'Neill
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington
, DC 
20523
USA
Phone 
202-712-5404