Ethiopia

**__Ethiopia__**


__**Capital**__: Addis Ababa __**Total Area:**__ 1,104,300 sq km __**Population:**__90,873,739

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total population: 56.19 years =====

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country comparison to the world: __[|195] __ =====

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male: 53.64 years =====

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female: 58.81 years (2011 est.) ===== Amarigna (Amharic) (official), Oromigna (official regional), Tigrigna (official regional), Somaligna, Guaragigna, Sidamigna, Hadiyigna, other, English (official) (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (official)
 * __Languages:__**

__**Flag**__:



(Source: CIA World Factbook) = = =__Task 2:Location and Climate Zone__=



== =Task 3: Economic Production=


 * What is the GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)?**

$86.12 billion (2010 est.)


 * How does this compare with the rest of the world?**

country comparison to the world: __[|19] __


 * What is the GDP per capita?**

$1,000 (2010 est.)


 * How does this compare with the rest of the world?**

country comparison to the world: __[|212] __


 * What is the unemployment rate?**

agriculture: <span class="category_data" style="font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: bottom;">50% <span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: middle;">industry: <span class="category_data" style="font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: top;">11% <span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: middle;">services: <span class="category_data" style="font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: top;">39% (2010 est.)

<span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: middle;">**What is the percentage of the Population below the poverty line?**

<span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: middle;">24.89%

<span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: middle;">**What are this country's main agricultural products?**

<span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: middle;">cereals, pulses, coffee, oilseed, cotton, sugarcane, potatoes, qat, cut flowers; hides, cattle, sheep, goats; fish

<span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: middle;">**What are this country's main industries?**

<span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: middle;">food processing, beverages, textiles, leather, chemicals, metals processing, cement

<span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: middle;">**Export partners?**

<span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: middle;">China 13.9%, Germany 10.5%, Belgium 7.5%, Saudi Arabia 7.1%, US 6.8%, Sudan 4.6% (2010)

<span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: middle;">**Imports partners?**

<span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: middle;">China 15.1%, US 9.5%, Saudi Arabia 8.8% (2010)

=TASK 4: POPULATION DENSITY= IMR:<span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">77.12 deaths/1,000 live births =Task 5- what is it like to live there?= The Big News: Audit findings indicate missing stocks worth tens of millions of birr at the warehouses managed by the German Technical Corporation International Services (GTZ-IS) for the grand university project involving the construction of thirteen universities and other construction activities it is undertaking in Ethiopia, sources told //The Reporter.// Also there's A Marathon: No less than 10,778 runners will gather on Sunday, April 25, to take part in the 33rd ‘Maratón Popular de Madrid’. A crisis is looming between Ethiopian authorities and their Djiboutian counterparts, following a new directive that is deemed to have given a monopolistic position to an alliance of private companies on the operation of stripping, stuffing, and “unstuffing” of containers. __TERRORISM ANS SAFETY!__: Luckily there doesn't seem to be any terrorism or bombs in Ethiopia. See Full article below :D @http://en.ethiopianreporter.com/

TASK 6: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE
What is the EPI score given to your country? How does this compare with other countries? Which environmental issues are the biggest concern for your country? Summary : Coverage levels for water and sanitation in Ethiopia are among the lowest in the world. According to official figures, 31 per cent of households have access to safe water, and 18 per cent of households have access to sanitation facilities.
 * Ethiopia has been given a score of 43.1
 * It is ranked 141 out of 163
 * Water (effects on human), access to sanitation, access to water and indoor air pollution

In addition to low coverage levels, water quality is another major problem, as evidenced by frequent outbreaks of water related epidemics in both rural and urban areas. Contamination of water supplies by cattle dung and human excreta is frequent. High fluoride levels in water are a particular problem in the Rift Valley regions of the country. The main problem is increased susceptibility to water-borne diseases such as diarrhoea and dysentery, water-washed diseases such as trachoma and scabies, water-based diseases such as schistosomiasis, and water-related insect vectors including malaria. In Ethiopia, an estimated three-quarters of the health problems of children and communicable diseases, originate from the environment. Low levels of water and sanitation coverage also have important social implications. Women and children spend several hours every day fetching water. The time spent fetching water could be used to care for children in the home, rest or employment in income generating activities. For girls, the task of carrying water combined with lack of sanitary facilities in schools often stands in the way of their education and traveling long hours to remote sources exposes girls to increase rates of abduction and rape.

Title Of Article : Ethiopia Water, Environment, and Sanitation Publication : Unicef URL :[] = = = = =TASK 7: EDUCATION=

What percentage of the GDP is spent on education? 5.5 % of GDP (2007) How does this compare with the rest of the world? 42 What percentage of the population is literate? 42.7 % of population can read or write when age 15 or older Is there a major difference in rates of literacy between male and female? Yes, the males are 50.3 % literate, compared to females that are only 35.1 % literate How many years is a person expected to attend school? Male: 9 Female: 8 Total: 8 Is there a difference between between males and females? Yes, boys have one more year of school life expectancy than girls

=** TASK 8: GENDER EQUALITY **= The Gender Equality Index from Social Watch. No data on social watch.

The Global Gender map:

The Global Gender Gap Overall Score: 0.6019 Economic Participation and Opportunity: 0.6316 Educational Attainment: 0.7003 Health and survival: 0.9737 Political Empowerment: 0.1021

Maternal mortality rate: 470 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) compared to the rest of the world as 29th meaning they are 28 countries with higher death rates.