⚡ JavaScript Libraries in Ethiopia

JavaScript libraries are collections of prewritten code that provide reusable functions and components for building interactive features and handling common client-side tasks in web applications.

Ethiopia is an East African country with a population of over 127 million people.

According to our statistics, JavaScript libraries are used on 89.3% of websites from Ethiopia.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top JavaScript libraries in Ethiopia in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is jQuery, which dominates the market with a substantial 82% share.
It is followed by Swiper with 32.5% and Owl Carousel with 23%.

jQuery 82%
Swiper 32.5%
Owl Carousel 23%
ImagesLoaded 20%
Magnific Popup 18%
React 15.5%
Waypoints 14.5%
Underscore.js 13.5%
SystemJS 13.5%
Isotope 13.5%
Modernizr 13.5%
🍪 JS Cookie 12%
Slick 11.5%
Polyfill 11.5%
Lottie 11%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top libraries that are more popular in Ethiopia than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

3. Owl Carousel ^(-4)
4. ImagesLoaded ^(-1)
5. Magnific Popup ^(-9)
6. React ^(-3)
7. Waypoints ^(-4)
8. Underscore.js ^(-9)
9. SystemJS ^(-14)
10. Isotope ^(-11)
11. Modernizr ^(-1)
17. jQuery Validation ^(-17)

✨ Best JavaScript Libraries

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 127 JavaScript libraries used on sites from Ethiopia, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	jQuery San Francisco, California, United States A fast, small, feature-rich JavaScript library designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, event handling, CSS animations, and Ajax. FreeOpen source	82%
2	Swiper Weston, Florida, United States A modern touch slider library for building responsive sliders and carousels with hardware-accelerated transitions. FreeOpen source	32.5%
3	Owl Carousel Germany A touch enabled jQuery plugin that lets you create a beautiful, responsive carousel slider. FreeOpen source	23%
4	ImagesLoaded Alexandria, Virginia, United States A JavaScript library that detects when images have been loaded. FreeOpen source	20%
5	Magnific Popup A responsive lightbox and dialog plugin for jQuery and Zepto.js. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	18%
6	React Menlo Park, California, United States A popular open-source JavaScript library for building dynamic user interfaces, created by Facebook. FreeOpen source	15.5%
7	Waypoints West Linn, Oregon, United States A library that makes it easy to execute a function whenever you scroll to an element. FreeOpen source	14.5%
8	Underscore.js Boston, Massachusetts, United States A utility library for JavaScript that provides support for functional programming helpers (each, map, reduce, filter) without extending any built-in JavaScript objects. FreeOpen source	13.5%
9	SystemJS Vancouver, Canada A hookable, standards-based, dynamic ES module module loader. FreeOpen source	13.5%
10	Isotope Alexandria, Virginia, United States A commercial JavaScript library for creating filterable and sortable grid layouts. FreeOpen source$25+	13.5%
11	Modernizr A JavaScript library that detects the availability of HTML, CSS and JavaScript features in the user's browser. FreeOpen source	13.5%
12	🍪 JS Cookie Germany A simple, lightweight JavaScript library for handling browser cookies. FreeOpen source	12%
13	Slick An open-source, fully responsive and accessible carousel library. FreeOpen source	11.5%
14	Polyfill An open-source JavaScript library that provides modern web API features to older browsers that do not natively support them. FreeOpen source	11.5%
15	Lottie San Francisco, California, United States An animation framework created by Airbnb that lets developers export Adobe After Effects animations as JSON and render them natively on mobile, desktop, and the web. FreeOpen source	11%
16	Facebook SDK Menlo Park, California, United States A library that provides client-side tools for Social Plugins, Facebook Login, and Graph API calls. Free	9.5%
17	jQuery Validation Provides drop-in validation for your existing forms, while making it easy to customize to fit your application. FreeOpen source	7.5%
18	jQuery Easing Wilberfoss, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom A jQuery plugin that adds 10+ advanced easing animations. FreeOpen source	7.5%
19	Wow.js A JavaScript library that reveals CSS animations when you scroll. FreeOpen source	7.5%
20	jQuery BlockUI Allows you to block user interaction on the page or part of the page. FreeOpen source	7.5%
21	Popper Monza, Italy A JavaScript library used for positioning and displaying tooltips, popovers, and dropdowns. FreeOpen source	7%
22	SmartMenus A jQuery plugin for creating mobile-first, responsive, and accessible list-based website menus that work on all devices. FreeOpen source	6.5%
23	X for Websites Bastrop, Texas, United States A suite of tools bringing X content and functionality to your webpages and apps, enabling the X audience to share your content, and follow your X accounts.	6%
24	MediaElement.js Dallas, Texas, United States A free audio and video player with support for media files (MP4, WebM, MP3), streaming content (HLS, Dash), and embeddable players (YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Twitch, SoundCloud, etc). FreeOpen source	6%
25	FlexSlider San Francisco, California, United States A responsive jQuery slider created by the WooCommerce team and included with WooCommerce. FreeOpen source	5.5%

👉 See Also

✨ Related Technologies
- JavaScript
🌎 JavaScript Libraries in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 224 websites from Ethiopia.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.