Ethiopia recorded a Current Account deficit of 3.40 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Current Account to GDP in Ethiopia averaged -3.83 percent of GDP from 1981 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 1.50 percent of GDP in 1994 and a record low of -12.60 percent of GDP in 2005. source: National Bank of Ethiopia
Current Account to GDP in Ethiopia is expected to reach -1.80 percent of GDP by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Ethiopia Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around -1.60 percent of GDP in 2026 and -2.00 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.