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Industry is projected to overtake agriculture as Ethiopia’s second-largest economic sector in the 2018 Ethiopian Fiscal Year (EFY), according to preliminary estimates that put nominal gross domestic product at approximately 31.9 trillion birr. The projections, presented in a government report on the rebasing of national accounts, place industry’s contribution at 31.78 per cent of GDP, narrowly ahead of agriculture’s 31.35 per cent. Services would remain the largest sector, accounting for 33.85 per cent. The industrial sector’s projected lead of 0.43 percentage points over agriculture would mark a shift in the measured composition of the economy. However, the figures remain preliminary and do not, on their own, establish a manufacturing-led transformation, as industry also includes construction, mining, electricity and water. Nominal GDP is estimated to rise from 24.03 trillion birr in 2017 EFY to approximately 31.9 trillion birr...

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