_#_Flag: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red; Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa and the colors of her flag were so often adopted by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the pan-African colors
_*Economy #_Overview: Ethiopia is one of the poorest and least developed countries in Africa. Its economy is based on subsistence agriculture, which accounts for about 45% of GDP, 90% of exports, and 80% of total employment; coffee generates 60% of export earnings. The manufacturing sector is heavily dependent on inputs from the agricultural sector. Over 90% of large-scale industry, but less then 10% of agriculture, is state run. Favorable agricultural weather largely explains the 4.5% growth in output in FY89.
_#_GDP: $6.6 billion, per capita $130, real growth rate - 0.4% (FY89 est.)
_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.2% (1989)
_#_Unemployment rate: NA
_#_Budget: revenues $1.8 billion; expenditures $1.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $842 million (FY88)
_#_Exports: $429 million (f.o.b., FY88);
commodities—coffee 60%, hides;
partners—US, FRG, Djibouti, Japan, PDRY, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia
_#_Imports: $1.1 billion (c.i.f., FY88);