Ethiopia House Prices, Rents & Rental Yields (2026)

How much property costs in Ethiopia, what it rents for and how that compares with neighbouring markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. City-centre prices per m² rank 1 of 5 in this comparison; gross yields rank 4 of 4.

Apartment price per m² (city centre)
$2,247
2023
Gross rental yield (city centre)
6.8%
2024
Price-to-income ratio
26.4
2023
Rent: 1-bedroom, city centre
$553/mo
2023
Mortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)
15.5%
2023

Price and rent trends in Ethiopia

Apartment price per m²
Monthly rents
Gross rental yield & mortgage rate
Price-to-income & price-to-rent ratios

Latest property market indicators

IndicatorValueYear
Apartment price per m² (city centre)Average asking price per square metre to buy an apartment in city centres$2,2472023
Price-to-income ratioMedian apartment price divided by median annual disposable family income26.42023
Gross rental yield (city centre)Annual rent as a percentage of purchase price, city-centre apartments6.8%2024
Price-to-rent ratio (city centre)Purchase price divided by annual rent, city-centre apartments14.62024
Rent: 1-bedroom, city centreAverage monthly rent of a one-bedroom apartment in the city centre$553/mo2023
Rent: 1-bedroom, outside centreAverage monthly rent of a one-bedroom apartment outside the centre$308/mo2023
Rent: 3-bedroom, city centreAverage monthly rent of a three-bedroom apartment in the city centre$1,605/mo2023
Rent: 3-bedroom, outside centreAverage monthly rent of a three-bedroom apartment outside the centre$665/mo2023
Mortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)Average yearly mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed15.5%2023

Year-by-year data

YearApartment price per m² (city centre)Price-to-income ratioGross rental yield (city centre)Price-to-rent ratio (city centre)Rent: 1-bedroom, city centreRent: 1-bedroom, outside centreRent: 3-bedroom, city centreRent: 3-bedroom, outside centre
2024——6.8%14.6————
2023$2,24726.410.9%9.1$553/mo$308/mo$1,605/mo$665/mo
2019————$379/mo$185/mo$1,480/mo$590/mo
2016—1713.3%7.5————
2015—15.412.0%8.4————
2014—18.612.8%7.8————
2013$93414.5——$314/mo$162/mo$1,533/mo$825/mo
2012—7.2——————

Ethiopia compared with Sub-Saharan Africa

City-centre price per m²
Gross rental yield (city centre)
CountryApartment price per m² (city centre)Gross rental yield (city centre)Price-to-income ratioMortgage interest rate (20-year fixed)
Ethiopia$2,2476.8%26.415.5%
Cameroon$1,9428.8%—19.3%
Kenya$9667.1%12.114.3%
Nigeria$835—28.214.3%
South Africa$85010.3%3.311.4%

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Prices, rents, yields and mortgage rates: Numbeo (crowd-sourced, national averages of city data). Values in US dollars.