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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · ETHIOPIA

What Ethiopia Trades

In 2023, Ethiopia sold about $2.9B of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $17.1B in return. Its biggest customer was Saudi Arabia ($298M, 10% of exports); its biggest supplier, China ($5.6B). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$2.9B
GOODS IMPORTED$17.1B
TOP PARTNERSaudi Arabia

Where Ethiopia sends its goods

Ethiopia’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1Saudi Arabia10.4%$298M
2United States9.7%$276M
3Netherlands7.6%$219M
5Somalia, Fed. Rep.5.0%$142M
6India4.9%$139M
7Germany4.7%$135M
8China4.6%$132M
9Korea, Rep.4.1%$116M
10Japan3.6%$104M
11Israel3.6%$104M
12Djibouti3.4%$98M
13Belgium3.2%$92M
14Singapore2.6%$73M
15Kenya2.3%$65M
16Italy2.0%$57M
17Sudan1.8%$53M
18Viet Nam1.7%$48M
19Turkiye1.6%$46M
20United Kingdom1.4%$41M
21Jordan1.4%$40M
22Pakistan1.3%$36M
23France1.2%$35M
24Yemen, Rep.1.1%$32M
25Australia0.9%$26M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports. 98.9% of exports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Where Ethiopia buys its goods

Ethiopia’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1China32.7%$5.6B
2India9.6%$1.6B
3Kuwait7.8%$1.3B
4Saudi Arabia6.6%$1.1B
5United States6.3%$1.1B
6Morocco4.0%$677M
7Turkiye3.6%$620M
10Japan2.2%$382M
11United Kingdom2.1%$363M
12Indonesia1.9%$331M
13Malaysia1.5%$264M
14Italy1.5%$249M
15Djibouti1.2%$206M
16France1.2%$200M
17Korea, Rep.1.0%$178M
18Germany1.0%$176M
19South Africa0.9%$153M
20Oman0.9%$150M
21Belgium0.8%$141M
22Thailand0.6%$107M
23Netherlands0.6%$100M
24Ukraine0.5%$83M
25Kenya0.5%$80M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 99.8% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.