An Overview With a total area of 1,097,000 square kilometers and a population of about 60 million, Ethiopia stands as the fourth largest in size and the second populous country in Sub-Saharan Africa. The country is rich endowed with huge manpower, arable land and natural resources. However, much of its potential is not yet exploited. The country's livestock wealth is the largest in Africa. Ethiopia's mineral resources potential is also rich.
Ethiopian economy is dominated by peasant agriculture.
The country's export is highly dependent on a single crop, coffee, generating nearly 60 percent of the foreign exchange earnings. Out of the country's limited number of manufacturing industries, consumer goods producing industries contribute more than half of the sector's output. Ethiopia's export is mainly dependent on primary products, specially coffee, pulses, oilseeds, leather and leather products, live animals, sugar and molasses, meat, fruits and vegetables, gold and others. Although Ethiopia is rich in mineral deposits and precious metals, the mining sector is small and under-developed. To Investors Ethiopia provides the following guarantees to foreign investors.