ETHIOPIA

DEMOGRAPHY

TOTAL POPULATION

POPULATION GROWTH (%)

MEDIAN AGE

CHILDRENPER WOMAN

2016

102.4 M 190.9 M

2.5 1.3

18.6(2015)

28.8

4.0(2015)

2.2

2050(projections)

HEAD OF STATEMr. Mulatu Teshome

HEAD OF GOVERNMENTMr. Hailemariam Desalegn

NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIESDjibouti; Eritrea; Kenya; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan

DENSITY101.9 / Km2

RURAL POPULATION80.1%

HDI (2015)174th / 188

INCOME LEVEL GROUP Low income

RELIGIONSEthiopian Orthodox 43.5%, Muslim 33.9%, Protestant 18.5%, traditional 2.7%, Catholic 0.7%, other 0.6%

LANGUAGESOromo 33.8%, Amharic (official national language) 29.3%, Somali 6.2%, Tigrigna 5.9%, other 24.8%

ETHNIC GROUPSOromo 34.4%, Amhara (Amara) 27%, Somali (Somalie) 6.2%, other 32.4%

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MIGRATION OUTLINE

KEY DATA ON MIGRATIONFOR ETHIOPIA AND FOR THE EU (stock - country of origin)

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ces:

UN

DES

A, U

NH

CR

MIGRANTS

9 691116 615(2015)

753 241(2015)

0.8%OUT OF ETHIOPIAN

POPULATION

15.5%OUT OF ETHIOPIAN

MIGRANTS ARE IN EU

11.6%OUT OF ETHIOPIAN

REFUGEES ARE IN EU

83 8940.1%

OUT OF ETHIOPIANPOPULATION

REFUGEES

KJ-05-17-155-EN-N

© European Union, 2017

MP version 3.1This Structural Migration Profile aims at providing an overview on migration and development in a given country. Kindly note that data refer to the end of the year and are collected from different sources and methodologies. For more details please refer to the Technical Note.

Extraction Date:March 2017

European CommissionKnowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD)

https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/mi-gration-and-demography

email: kcmd@ec.europa.eu

doi:10.2760/022983ISBN 978-92-79-74729-8

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ETHIOPIA END 2016

Addis AbabaAddis Ababa

MIGRATION OUTLINE / ETHIOPIA

THE VIEW FROM

EU

IRRE

GU

LAR

CRO

SSIN

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ASYL

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SEE

KERS

TOTAL RECOGNITION RATE44.1%46.4%43.4%37.5%

2016201520142013

583 591

2 735

3 660

RETU

RN R

ATE

18.5% (2013)

13.1% (2014)

9.8% (2015) 9.8% (2016)

6 065(first time applications)

-3.5%+4.2%

+3%

25000

27000

29000

31000

33000

35000

2016201520142013

31 201

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2000

3000

4000

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7000

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EDUCATION

REFUGEE+SUBSIDIARY PROTECTION

OTHER17%

42%

15%

FAMILYREUNIFICATION

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RA

NTS

22%

REMUNERATEDACTIVITIES

4%28%

25%

19%

66%

7%

6%

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THE VIEW FROM

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78 017ASYLUMSEEKERS

REFUGEES

MIGRANTS

IDPs

753 241(2015)

1.2 M(2015)

791 616

1 948

257 563

83 894SSD

SOMERI

SOMSSD

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USA

KENZAF

USA

More than 40% of Ethiopians have aresidence permit issued for family reunification reasons. Asylum total recognition rate is high at 44.1%..

Ethiopia is a host country for nearly 800 000 refugees, mainly from South Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea.

(stock - country of origin)

(stock valid residence permits - TCNs)

ETHIOPIANREFUGEES

ETHIOPIANMIGRANTS

ASYLUMSEEKERS

CRITICAL THRESHOLDSTREND IN TIME(4 YEAR PERIOD)

CRITICAL VALUE(COMPARED TO SAME INCOME LEVEL GROUP COUNTRIES)

INCREASESTABLEDECREASE

Yearly conflict events have increased from around 400 in 2015 to 1 250 in 2016). More than 2/3 of the urban population live in slums, although only 1/5of the total pop live in urban areas.

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IEPAREAS INDICATORS EU INSTITUTIONS TOTAL

DISBURSED AID (€ MIL.)

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EDUCATIONGross enrolment, primary =Gross enrolment, tertiary =Adult literacy rate =

HEALTHUnder-5 mortality rate (per 1000) = Health expenditure per capita = General Government health expenditure (% total health exp) =

URBANIZATIONUrban pop under nat poverty line = Living in slum out of urban pop = Rural pop under nat poverty line =

102.1% (2015)8.1% (2014)

49.0% (2015)

59.2 (2015)$ 26.65 (2014)

59% (2014)

25.7% (2010)73.9% (2014)30.4% (2010)

POVERTYIncome held by lowest 20% =Under poverty line $1.90 p.day =Prevalence of undernourishment =

UNEMPLOYMENTTotal UNEMPL =Male UNEMPL =Youth male UNEMPL =

8.0% (2010)33.5% (2010)

32% (2015)

5.7%3.1%4.9%

DEGRADATIONNatural resources depletion (% GNI)=INFORM risk on natural hazards =

0.1 (2015)4.3 /10 scale

SECURITYYearly conflict events =Political stability =Global Peace Index =

GOVERNANCEGovernment effectiveness =Control of corruption =

1 259-1.5 (2015)

118/163 rank

-0.6 (2015)-0.4 (2015)

23.7%

1.8% OTHER

41.5%

32.1%

1.0%

40.9 38.5

49.4

N/A2016201520142013

7.8

115.3

64.0

N/A2016201520142013

46.7

56.5

36.5

N/A2016201520142013

1.61.88.3

MIGRATION OUTLINE / TUNISIA

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UN

DES

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NH

CRDESTINATIONS(% of total )

REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE / ETHIOPIA

INFORM HUMANITARIAN CRISESAND DISASTERS RISK INDEX

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Africa

EU

Other

MIGRANTSIDPs &

REFUGEES

Ethiopia (IDPs)

Natural Risk Human Risk

Socio-Economic Risk Vulnerable Groups Risk

Institutional Risk Infrastructure Risk

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4

6

8

10

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4

6

8

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MIGRATION OUTLINE / ETHIOPIA

KEY DATA ON FINANCIAL INFLOWS FOR ETHIOPIA AND FOR THE EU

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UN

CTAD

Remittances accounted for only 0.9% of GDP in 2016.

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1800

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2016201520142013

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1200

1800

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2016201520142013

3 032

Remittances received (€ MIL.)

FDI - Foreign Direct Investment (€ MIL.)

0

600

1200

1800

2400

3000

2016201520142013N/A154.1

EU institutions total disbursed aid (€ MIL.)(humanitarian + oda)