Infrastructure
While the country has achieved significant improvements during the past 10 years, the level of infrastructure coverage remains remarkably low compared to other parts of the world.
Indicator |
Ethiopia | Sub-sahara Africa |
| Access to safe water (2000) | 24% |
58% |
| Road Density (km/ 1000 persons) (1999) | 0.48* |
0.07 |
| Electric Power (KW installed capacity per 1000 persons) | 8 |
105 |
| Electricity Consumption (kwh per capita) (2001) | 24+ |
456 |
| Telephone Lines (per 1,000 persons) (2002) | 5 |
15 |
| * 2003/ 04 + 1998/ 99 | ||