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At least 37 million people are below the poverty line

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Ethiopia faces many trade problems because they are mainly landlocked, not having access to any bit of ocean, so their imports and exports have to be by air travel or though other countries

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Most of the (if not all of) Ethiopia's leaders are corrupt and may not even know how to run the government.

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Ethiopia's economy is very reliant on coffee production and trade, which is a risk because some years have meets low prices

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Because of poverty and starvation, most children drop out of schools before completely finishing

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Ethiopia has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, a population growth rate of 2.5%, well-maintained infrastructure (by funds from China)
Ethiopia's GDP rate grew by 10%, the most for any African country

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Current droughts in almost all of the farming land is causing starvation.

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Ethiopia gained independence from Fascist Italy in May 1940

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Under Emperor Haile Selassie’s reign (1930-1974), Ethiopia enjoyed free enterprise. Production and export of cash crops (mainly coffee) were great, and the textile and footwear industry was equally good. The government began to give attention to rural land development, causing living conditions to improve. Despite this progress, Ethiopia remains one of the poorest countries in the world. Agriculture contributes about half of the GDP.

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The Amhara, Tigrinya, and Tigray people are associated with the ancient kingdoms of Axum and Abyssinia. They are politically dominant, but there are mostly Ormo people in Ethiopia. These groups speak semetic languages, which was likelly brought from the Sabean people of the Arabian peninsula.

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A civilization called Damat was located in northern Ethiopia in the 10th to 5th century. There are remnants of amazing architecture, writing, and sculpture that inform us about this ancient place. The capital of Damat kingdom, Yeha, holds the oldest standing structure (Temple of Yeha) in Ethiopia. Near the temple, royal tombs and extremely ancient pottery has been discovered.

After the fall of Damat in 5th century B.C., small unknown kingdoms took its place. The Kingdom of Axum was soon formed and is known as one of the four greatest civilizations of the world.

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During the late 19th century, European powers wanted to establish colonies throughout Africa because it was rich in natural resources and raw materials, but Ethiopia was never actually colonized by European powers. The “Scramble for Africa” began but was resisted by Ethiopia, thanks to Emperor Menelik II. Ethiopia was later divided up into domains that were each ruled by a prince.

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Islam was introduced the 7th century and is now practiced by ⅓ of Ethiopians, and a small fraction are still animists, which is a worship of African deities.

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Though all of Ethiopia was influenced by this religion, the core of it was in the northern highlands. ⅖ of Ethiopians follow the teaching of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, ⅕ is Christian, and the rest of the majority are Protestant.

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Christianity was introduced in the 4th century and serve as the official religion of the elite until the end of monarchy in 1974. Christianity in Ethiopia serves as an archive for literary and visual arts history.

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President Mulatu Teshome

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Federal Parliamentary Republic

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Addis Ababa

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Desert, Semi Desert, Variations of Evergreen and Alpine

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Tropical Monsoon and Highlands Climate

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High Plateau withMountains

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Slightly bigger than double the size of texas

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Eastern Africa, West of Somalia

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$2,200 (2017)

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308,396,391 People
The second most populous country in Africa