Ministry Formulates Valuation Standards As Property Tax Looms

Ethiopia's Ministry of Urban and Infrastructure is developing a 51-page standardized manual for property valuation across the nation's 2,500 cities, aiming to create uniform land-grading criteria to replace inconsistent municipal approaches ahead of a property tax rollout. Five property grades will be assigned based on aggregate scores out of 100, considering infrastructure access, construction materials, plot size, and population density. Some officials and academics question the feasibility of imposing property taxes while land remains under government ownership.