Business freedom sub-score of Ethiopia on the Economic Freedom Index 2000-2020
As of 2020, the business freedom sub-score on the Economic Freedom Index for Ethiopia was 48.6, which was the same as 2019. Between 2000 and 2020, the business freedom sub-score fluctuated between 40.2 in 2018 and 67.4 in 2011. The Ethiopian sub-score surpassed the world average in the years 2010 and 2011 only. Moreover, between 2000 and 2005, 2013, and between 2017 to 2020, the Ethiopian business freedom was below the African average, while between 2006 and 2012, and 2014 and 2016 it was higher than the continent average. According to the index, business freedom in Ethiopia was considered "repressed" as of 2020.