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Ethiopia travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Ethiopia: travel advice level, plug type C/E/F/L, 220V, emergency 991, currency ETB.

📷 Addis Ababa · DaneyWiki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

Avoid all travel to parts Updated 2026-10-30

Latest change (original, English)
Update on areas that the FCDO advise against all travel to within 10km of the border with Kenya (Warnings and Insurance page)

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⚠️ This is the UK government’s assessment. Rules for your passport (visa, entry) can be different — check your own government’s official travel advice too.

CapitalAddis Ababa
CurrencyETB
LanguagesAmharic
Calling code+251
Emergency numbers991 · 911
Plug typesType C, Type E, Type F, Type L
Voltage220 V
Driving sideRight
Population129M
Type CType EType FType L

📅 Public holidays💱 Exchange rates

📷 Photos

PMO Ethiopia · Public domain · Commons
Tewodros Kassa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Mikhail Goldovski · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Gerhard Huber · CC BY 4.0 · Commons
Jack de Nijs for Anefo · CC0 · Commons
Unknown (Mondadori Publishers) · Public domain · Commons
Wang Guansen for Xinhua · Public domain · Commons

About this data

Safety levels and entry notes are based on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) travel advice published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence, checked every day. Capitals, languages, currencies, time zones and photos come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

Advice is written for British travellers; your own government’s advice, visa rules and insurance terms may differ. Always check your foreign ministry and the destination’s embassy before you travel.

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