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   Ethiopia: the economy beat the IMF forecast in 14 years out of 17

   Each April the IMF forecasts the next year. For Ethiopia, in 2008–2024 the economy grew faster than forecast in 14 of 17 years, typically by 1.9 percentage points. The biggest miss: 2008 — in April 2007 the IMF expected 6.6%, the outcome was 11.2%.

   Source: IMF World Economic Outlook 2007–2026Open on the chart →

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• Ethiopia: more babies born than in the US
• Ethiopia now has more people than the UK
• Ethiopia: all its electricity is made without coal, gas or oil, but there is 18 times less of it per person than in a typical country
• Goals to lower fertility: 2 of 4 came true on time. Ethiopia: 4.27 children per woman against a target of 3
• Promises to hold inflation in 6 countries: 3 of 8 came true. Turkey promised under 10% by 2023 and got 53.9%
• Pledges to build power plants in 8 countries: by the deadline, 12% to 100% of the promise

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