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Migration flows · 2025

Ethiopia

Where people move to and from Ethiopia in 2025. The left column is where residents go; the right column is where arrivals come from. Reported movements only.

Total leaving Ethiopia 308,421
Total arriving in Ethiopia 1,123,453
Location

Ethiopia & its flows

Flat world map. Red arrows & labels = where people go to; green arrows & labels = where people come from. Drag to pan, scroll or use the buttons to zoom (zoom in to reveal names of small or clustered countries).

Over time

Incoming vs outgoing by year

Yearly totals of people arriving in and leaving Ethiopia. Reported movements only.

Where Ethiopia’s people go

Top destination countries

  1. 1 Sudan 68,237
  2. 2 Kenya 42,897
  3. 3 South Africa 38,619
  4. 4 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 30,290
  5. 5 Egypt, Arab Rep. 18,993
  6. 6 Yemen, Rep. 16,542
  7. 7 Uganda 15,980
  8. 8 Djibouti 15,315
  9. 9 United States 10,641
  10. 10 Germany 9,508
  11. 11 South Sudan 7,795
  12. 12 France 5,886
  13. 13 Canada 5,830
  14. 14 United Kingdom 5,556
  15. 15 Switzerland 2,828
  16. 16 Sweden 2,446
  17. 17 Libya 2,304
  18. 18 Lebanon 1,822
  19. 19 Netherlands 1,697
  20. 20 Israel 1,456
  21. 21 Belgium 1,018
  22. 22 Italy 912
  23. 23 Eswatini 665
  24. 24 Korea, Rep. 629
  25. 25 Norway 555

Where arrivals come from

Top origin countries

  1. 1 South Sudan 482,817
  2. 2 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 361,872
  3. 3 Eritrea 169,635
  4. 4 Sudan 98,924
  5. 5 Kenya 5,649
  6. 6 Yemen, Rep. 2,507
  7. 7 Congo, Dem. Rep. 913
  8. 8 Syrian Arab Republic 750
  9. 9 Burundi 136
  10. 10 Djibouti 56
  11. 11 Lebanon 29
  12. 12 Nigeria 24
  13. 13 Uganda 20
  14. 14 West Bank and Gaza 20
  15. 15 Jordan 19
  16. 16 Rwanda 18
  17. 17 Liberia 15
  18. 18 Iraq 10
  19. 19 Sierra Leone 9
  20. 20 Chad 5
  21. 21 Cameroon 5
  22. 22 Cuba 5
  23. 23 Mali 5
  24. 24 Afghanistan 5
  25. 25 Central African Republic 5