ASAP Ethiopia factsheet

Ethiopia is the second most populated African country with an estimated 96.9 million citizens. Of the total population, 81 per cent are classified as rural. The population is also growing at a rate of around 3 per cent per year. Whilst extreme poverty is declining, it is still widespread and in 2011 was counted at 30 per cent. Ethiopia faces major challenges to its fragile environment, which include soil degradation and loss of biodiversity. Climate change projections for the country indicate a significant rise in temperatures (up to 1.1C by 2030, 2.1C by 2050 and 3.4C by 2080), rainfall variability and a possible increase in the frequency of droughts. Ethiopia has been seeing temperature increases of 0.37C every ten years.