Ethiopia
Background Information
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank income group
Low income
Percent of population aged 10-24
34% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
17,101,041 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
15,694,724 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
40%
Source: UNSDG, 2016
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
67
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
23%
Source: DHS, 2016
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
48%
Source: DHS, 2016
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
8
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2015
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Completion rate
Primary school age
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Female 52%
-
Male 52%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 21%
-
Male 22%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 14%
-
Male 12%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 24%
-
Male 25%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Lower secondary school
-
Female 33%
-
Male 31%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Upper secondary school
-
Female 62%
-
Male 49%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Programs Back to Top
Project/Program
(re)solve
Project/Program
Abdiboru
Project/Program
Access to Quality Education for Children
Project/Program
Act With Her
Project/Program
Adolescent Girls' Programming Community of Practice
Project/Program
BEST Girls- Being Empowered, Strong and Together
Network/Convening/Conference
Better Life, Better Future
Project/Program
Biruh Tesfa (“Bright Future”)
Project/Program
CHANGE: Improving Access to Education in Ethiopia for most Vulnerable Girls
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
COVID-19 Initiative: Objectives to address the Immediate and Long-term Implications of the Pandemic on Girls' Education
Project/Program
Comprehensive scholarship programme
Project/Program
Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)
Project/Program
Education Access and Equity
Project/Program
Education Matters More
Project/Program
Education and skills program (Inclusive education, girls' education and TVET)
Project/Program
Enhancing Gender Equity in Education
Project/Program
Enhancing Quality and Inclusive Education
Project/Program
Ethiopia General Education Quality Improvement Program for Equity
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Ethiopia Women Entrepreneurship Development Project
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Expanding Quality Family Planning and Reproductive Health Service Provision
Project/Program
Family and Inter-Generational Literacy and Learning Project
Project/Program
Food for Education
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Funding For Girls Education Programs
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Gender Equity/Education Funding
Research Project/Report/Study
Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE)
Project/Program
Gender-Responsive Pedagogy
Project/Program
General Education, Ethiopia
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girls' Education Challenge
Project/Program
Girls' Education Program (EDA)
Project/Program
Global Programme to End Child Marriage
Network/Convening/Conference
Her Choice
Project/Program
Improving integration of and access to educative materials for children with visual impairment
Project/Program
Inclusive Education Support Program
Project/Program
Learn4Work
Project/Program
Link's Response to COVID-19
Project/Program
Literacy Boost
Project/Program
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Project/Program
Meisso Inclusive Quality Education for Children Project
Project/Program
Mercy Center
Project/Program
Promoting Greater Access to University for Girls (U-GIRLS 2) Project
Project/Program
Providing Basic Education to Out of School Children
Project/Program
READ II
Research Project/Report/Study
Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE)
Project/Program
Saba Boru Integrated Community Development Program
Project/Program
Second Chance (Luminos Fund)
Project/Program
Speed School Program
Research Project/Report/Study
Strengthening Monitoring and Reporting of Attacks on Education
Project/Program
Support Her Empowerment & Girls' Resilience, Enterprise, and Technology Initiative (SHE's GREAT!)
Project/Program
Supporting the Transition of Adolescent Girls through Enhancing Systems (STAGES)
Research Project/Report/Study
TESFA+
Research Project/Report/Study
Tackling School-Related Gender-Based Violence
Project/Program
Teacher Training
Project/Program
Technical Assistance to Reinforce General Education Quality Improvement Program for Equity (TARGET)
Research Project/Report/Study
The COVID-19 Crisis and its Impact on Global Education
Research Project/Report/Study
The Effect of COVID-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology: A Survey of the Experiences and Opinions of Educators and Technology Specialists
Project/Program
Towards Economic and Sexual Reproductive Health Outcomes for Adolescent Girls (TESFA)
Project/Program
Transform: Primary Health Care
Project/Program
Tutorial Support Program for Primary School Girls
Project/Program
Unlocking Talent Through Technology
Research Project/Report/Study
Who Is Going Back to School? A Four-Country Rapid Survey in Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan
Project/Program
YEGNA (Ours) Program