World Number Plates

Number Plates of Ethiopia

Continent: Africa

Capital: Addis Ababa

Population: 73 million

Country ISO code: ET

Country OVAL code: ETH

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1930s

Number of vehicles:
cars 42,250 (1989), trucks and buses 21,000 (1989)

Road information:
total: 33,297 km; paved: 3,996 km; unpaved: 29,301 km (2002)

Located in north-eastern Africa, Ethiopia is surrounded by Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea. Most of the country is a plateau.

Earlier Ethiopian car registrations were black with white letting. The lettering was in the local Ethiopian language. The current series of number plates have Ethiopian lettering and numbering on them. These are now on a white plate with black lettering. Early official government plates were white and squarer than civilian number plates. They had black lettering. The current government series has the same shape as the earlier car registrations. However they are now on red number plates with white lettering.