The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Ethiopia  
Rank: 111 · Score: 21.7  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 123.4   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 114.9   M&A volume (quartile) 2nd
GDP per capita (US$) 931.2   Venture capital investments (quartile) 2nd
GDP growth (per cent) 6.1   Private equity investments (quartile) 2nd
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 111 14, 15, 12, 14, 14 21.7
1 Economic Activity 42 83, 99, 77, 70, 83 78.7
2 Depth of Capital Market 118 6, 6, 6, 7, 7 5.4
3 Taxation 109 26, 22, 17, 17, 16 64.5
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 122 3, 1, 2, 3, 3 25.5
5 Human and Social Environment 94 31, 30, 32, 32, 31 25.3
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 91 43, 42, 32, 35, 34 35.7


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Ethiopia  
Africa
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Algeria 69.5 8.2 87.6 48.6 29.0 40.8
Zimbabwe 59.5 13.3 72.8 37.7 18.1 30.7
Burkina Faso 63.9 8.8 66.4 39.5 29.2 19.2
Ethiopia 78.7 5.4 64.5 25.5 25.3 35.7
Madagascar 62.7 6.7 97.1 36.8 22.5 23.7
Cameroon 71.0 6.8 40.9 35.4 23.7 21.3
Mali 63.9 7.6 72.3 35.5 24.7 17.2
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023