The unemployment rate has shown a declining trend in recent years, again especially in urban areas. The urban unemployment rate declined from 26.1% in 2003 to 11.7% in 2011, owing to a boom in construction. The service sector has been a major driver of tremendous economic growth: the country’s GDP growth rate was over 10% between 2001 and 2010, with the service sector contributed to half of the total growth (Figure 2). Urban areas, contributed 62% of the GDP growth, with the service and industry sectors together now forming the major part of Ethiopia’s GDP with about 55% over the same period.