- ISO 3166
ET- Main language + region
en-ET- Currency
- ETB · Ethiopian Birr
- Region
- EMEA · SSA
Ethiopia
Ethiopia has 118.6M people, and 26M of them are online. English is the most widely spoken language at 43%, one of 8 languages CLDR lists here. Amharic is official nationally. A product shipping here defaults to en-ET.
Market summary
Each figure carries its own world scale, so it reads without a second market beside it.
People online
26M
0%world median 81%100%
22% of 118.6M people use the internet, per the World Bank's 2024 figure. Estimated by multiplying CLDR population by that share.
Income per person
$933
Higher than 7% of 213 territories
GDP per capita in current US dollars, World Bank Open Data, most recent reported year. A rough guide to spending power, not revenue.
Can pay online
49%
0%world median 71%100%
Adults aged 15 and over holding a bank or mobile-money account, World Bank Global Findex 2024. Below half means a card-only checkout excludes most of the market.
Languages
8
English 43% · Amharic 33% · Oromo 32%
Languages CLDR records here with a share of 0.1% or more. 1 of them is official nationally.
English proficiency
499
Very lowVery high
Low proficiency on the EF EPI 2025 scale. The sample is self-selected online test takers. It never enters any score on this site.
Adult literacy
39%
0%world median 95%100%
Share of adults who can read, as recorded in CLDR territory data. Low literacy shifts a product toward icons, audio, and video before another language.
What people speak
Shares include second languages, so totals can exceed 100%.
CLDR records English in 145 territories and 1.7B speakers in total; Ethiopia holds 3% of them, and the rest come with the same translation. The English profile maps the whole footprint.
Day-one requirements
What the interface needs for the main language spoken here (en-ET).
Plural categories
2
Word-forms a translator writes for counted text, like English's "1 item" and "2 items".
Script family
Latin
Default system fonts cover this script on all major platforms.
Reading direction
Left-to-right
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Date
April 21, 2026
Short: 4/21/26
Time
6:30 PM
Week starts Sun
Currency
ETB 1,234.56
1,234.56 in ETB · Ethiopian Birr