Labor freedom sub-score of Ethiopia on the Economic Freedom Index 2005-2020
In 2020, the labor freedom sub-score on the Economic Freedom Index for Ethiopia was 57.6, which was a decline of 0.4 points from 2019. From 2005 to 2020, the labor freedom index fluctuated between 62 points in 2006 and 46.9 in 2013. Between 2005 and 2008, the Ethiopian sub-score was higher than both the African and the world averages. Compared to the African continent, the Ethiopian labor freedom only dropped below in 2013, 2014, and 2018. According to the index, labor freedom in Ethiopia was considered "mostly unfree" as of 2020.