Etiopia

Republic of Ethiopia

GEOGRAPHY:
Location:-------------- Eastern Africa
Area:
Total area:--- 1,127,127 sq. km
Land area:--- 1,119,683 sq. km
Capital city:----------- Addis Ababa
Natural Resources:------------- Small reserves of gold, platinum, copper,
potash

PEOPLE:
Population:------------- 58,390,351
Literacy Rate:------------ 35.5% of total population, (Males:45.5%,
Females:25.3%)
Languages:---------------- Amharic (official), Tigrinya, Orominga,
Guaraginga, Somali, Arabic, English (major foreign language taught in
schools)
Religions:--------------- 45-50%-Muslim, 35-40%-Ethiopian Orthodox,
12%-animist, 3%-8%-other

VITAL STATISTICS:
Birth Rate:----------------- 45.59 (per 1,000 population)(1997)
Death Rate:----------------- 17.56 (per 1,000 population)
Infant Mortality Rate:------------ 121.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Fertility Rate:--------------- 6.94 (per woman)
Life Expectancy at Birth:
Total Population:--- 46.62 (Males:45.48, Females:47.8)

GOVERNMENT:
Type of Government:--------------- Federal Republic
Independence:----------------- Oldest independent country in Africa and one
of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years
President:---------------- Negasso Ghidada
Prime Minister:-------------- Meles Zenawi

ECONOMY:
GDP:------------------ purchasing power parity - $24.8 billion
GDP real growth rate:--- 7.7%
GDP per capita:--- $430
Inflation Rate (consumer prices):-------------- 10%
National budget:
Revenues:--- $1 billion
Expenditures:---- $1.48 billion
External Debt:---------------- $4.3 billion
Currency:-------------- 1 birr = 100 cents
Labor force:-------------- 18 million
Unemployment Rate:------------ NA%
Agriculture:--------------- Cereals, pulses, oilseed, sugarcane, potatoes,
other vegetables; hides, cattle, sheep, goats
Industries:--------------- Food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals,
metals processing, cement
Exports:---------------- $423 million
Commodities:--- Coffee, leather products, gold.
Imports:---------------- $1.15 billion
Commodities:--- Capital goods, consumer goods, fuel

DEFENCE:
Defence Expenditures:----------- Exchange rate conversion - $110 million,
NA% of GDP

Geography:Ethiopia is in east central Africa , bordered on the west by Sudan , the east
by Somalia , the south by Kenya and northeast by Eritrea