8. Ethiopia
Percentage of youth of total population: 21.6%
The country of origin of the amazing coffee bean, Ethiopia is a historically rich state. However, the fact that it is the place where historians found one of the oldest traces of modern humans is often ignored, as people tend to focus more on the civil wars that afflicted the nation for years and absolutely destroyed its economy. Ethiopia was also severely affected by the drought that the whole of East Africa faced in 2011. Although the country has improved tremendously over the years with its GDP being the highest in East and Central Africa, it still has a long way to go as the youth is still facing numerous problems, which include political instability, youth poverty, youth gender inequality and lack of entertainment.
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