---
id: "et_fayda_fin"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii", "persons"]
country: ["ET"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 75
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/et_fayda_fin"
---

# Ethiopian Fayda Identification Number (FIN) (`et_fayda_fin`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Fayda Identification Number, the unique 12-digit number that Ethiopia's National ID Program gives to a registered resident. It is sent by SMS after enrolment; a printed card is optional. No check-digit rule is published.

- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii), Person related (persons)
- Countries: Ethiopia (ET)
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^\d{12}$
```

## Examples

- `572049318264` — Synthetic value in the documented format
- `390615824703` — Synthetic value in the documented format
- `57204931826` (invalid example) — Eleven digits instead of twelve

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayda_ID>
- doc: <https://id.et/services>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/et_fayda_fin.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/ET/persons/et_fayda_fin.yaml>