Population: 91.73 million (46.35 million under age of 18)
Area: 435,200 sq mi
Year of Independence: Africa’s oldest independent country, Ethiopia was never colonized by a European power.
Orphan Pop.: 4,500,000 (have lost one or both parents due to all causes)
Pop. Living In Poverty: 30.7% living on less than US $1.25/day
Education:
- 55% youth literacy rate; 39% adult literacy rate
– 15.6% secondary school participation
Health:
– 59 year life expectancy (up 12 years from 1990)
– 840,000 people living with AIDS
– 49% of population using improved drinking water sources
Trafficking:
- girls from Ethiopia’s rural areas are exploited in domestic servitude & prostitution within the country, while boys are subjected to forced labor in weaving, herding, guarding & street vending.
– 2013 Trafficking In Persons Report, Ethiopia