| Population | 94.1 million |
| Proportion of population living on less than $1.25 a day | 27.6% |
| Ranking on UN Development Index | 173 out of 187 |
| Partner Country since | 1994 |
We opened our Embassy in Ethiopia in 1994 when we established our official aid programme, Irish Aid. Since then, Irish Aid has worked with a variety of partner organisations including government institutions, UN agencies, civil society organisations, international research institutions and aid agencies to deliver on our development objectives.
We have set out our objectives in our Ethiopia Country Strategy Paper 2014-2018, which is based on our commitment to reducing poverty for the most vulnerable people and communities in Ethiopia and is in line with Ireland’s international development policy and the Ethiopian Government’s development plan, the Growth and Transformation Plan (TGP) 2011-2015.
As well as providing assistance through our bilateral aid programme, we support the work of local and international aid agencies and missionary organisations in Ethiopia through our civil society funding schemes.
We are also working to strengthen trade relations between Ireland and Ethiopia and we support a number of research and learning partnerships between higher education institutions in Ireland and Ethiopia through the Programme for Strategic Co-operation.
