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Agriculture It is the backbone of the country's economy and accounts for almost 80% of the total employment and 90% of
exports, Livestock The country has abundant but under utilized wealth of livestock resources, The paternalists cover 52% of the country and almost I I% of the population; their livelihood depends on pastoral life style Cereals, pulses, coffee, oilseed, sugarcane, tubers, fruits, and chat
Main agricultural Products: Cereals, pulses, coffee, oilseed, sugarcane, tubers, fruits, and chat live animals, hides and skins, honey
Industries: Food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, metal processing, cement,
mining
Electricity Distribution stations: 114Production capacity 528
Megawatt Electricity production: 493 million KWH
Production by source:
Hydro ('%) 99.2Others (%) 0.8Number of customers: 625496 Total coverage: 13.4%
Welfare: Expenditure Level of Households (1999/00) Country
level
< 235US$ 8.0%235 – 494 US$ 37.7%
494‑1059 US$ 43.6% 1059‑ 1906 US$
8.6%1906 and above 2.0%
Annual Expenditure per (1999/00) Capita (country) 143.82 US$
Rural 130.58 US$ Urban 226.00 US$
Household expenditure (1999/00) On food (country) 52.5% Rural 57.3 Urban 35.9
Household savings (1999/00) (Country) 4.0% Rural 3.6% Urban 5.2%
Daily calorie intake per (1999/00) Capita (country): 2211 Rural: 2292 Urban: 1738
Macroeconomic Indicators
GDP at Current Market 6,236.6 Price (Million US$):
Gross private 81.9Consumption (% of GDP)
Gross Government 17.1Consumption (% of GDP)
Gross Government Consumption (% of GDP) 16.5
Agriculture & Allied 45. Activities (% of GDP): Industrial Sector (116 of 11.2 GDP,): Service Sector (116 of 43.4 GDP):
&al GDP per Capita (in US$) 31.66 Interest rate
(%1q)
Minimum deposit rate 3 Lending rate 6- Inflation (CPI) Country -7.2 Urban -3.5 Rural -8.1 ,Addis Ababa -1.9 External trade Export Commodities Coffee, gold, leather products, oil seeds,
Sugar, live animals and animal products, chat Export of goods & 958.4 (In million USD) Services
Import Commodities Food, petroleum and petroleum products,
chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles 1931.4 (in million
US)
Import of goods & services Government finance (In M11.
USS) Total Revenue (including 1,553.6 grants) Total
Revenue (excluding 1,244.5 grants) Tax revenue as % of 14.0 GDP Total expenditures 1,853.5Total expenditures as %
of GDP
Currency Birr (ETB) Exchange rate (Birr / 8.5561 June 2002
US) Rate determined by inter-bank market daily auction Financial Institutions
Commercial Batiks 8 (7 – Privately owned) Number
of Bank branches 283No. Insurance Companies 9 (8- Privately
owned) No. Insurance branches 95 Development Batiks 1 Devi Bank Branches 32 Micro‑Financial 19
Institutions Population below poverty
Line: Labor. force: Labor‑force by Occupation: Unemployment rate:
COMMUNICATION
Services: Telephone, fax, Internet, data
Telephone lines in use:
Mobiles in use: 45,000
No. of Internet service I providers: 1 Internet service providers: Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation
Internet users: 6,917 (potential
14, 000)
Internet country code: et
TRANSPORT Railway: A length of 781 km from the port
of Djibouti to Addis Ababa 681
km inside Ethiopia
High way: (1999) 1200
Total 16,006 km
Paved 3,768 Km
Unpaved 12,238 km
Airlines: Ethiopian Airlines established in 1946
Destinations: Total 79 Local 35International 44Fleets a fleet of 13 (10 passenger and 3 cargo) aircrafts that include mainly Boeing 767, 757, 737 jetliners for international, and a fleet of I I aircrafts that include Fokkers, ATR 42 and DHC 6 for domestic flights
Airports: Total 86 All regional capitals except Harar (54 kms from Dire Dawa) and Awassa are connected by the network: two are
international.
With paved runways: Total 12 Over 3,047 m 3 2,438
- 3,047 m 5 1, 524 - 2,43 7 m 3 914-1,523 m1
With unpaved runways: Total 74 Over 3,04 7 in 2 2,438
- 3,047 in 7 1, 524 - 2,43 7 in 10 914
-1,523 in 35 Under 914 in 20
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