Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 3,490 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024)

Bangladesh has 30% more people than Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Ethiopia: 135 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 11 times as densely populated as Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Bangladesh is 6.6 years older than in Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 1.8 more children on average than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024)

6.7% of people in Bangladesh are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 11% more refugees per resident than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Ethiopia has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026)

Bangladesh and Ethiopia are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Ethiopia: 1 (2026)

Bangladesh’s economy is 3.6 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025)

Bangladesh produces 2.8 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ethiopia than in Bangladesh (Gini 0.2 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.9% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021)

Bangladesh and Ethiopia are practically level

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

Bangladesh and Ethiopia are practically level

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025)

Bangladesh’s central government collects 7.6% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024)

Ethiopia and Bangladesh are nearly identical here

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Ethiopia: 26% (2025)

Bangladesh spends 54% more on health per person than Ethiopia

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Ethiopia: $35 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 41% more likely to die before turning one than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Bangladesh has 5 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Bangladesh has 2.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 3.2 times that in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023)

5.7% of adults in Bangladesh are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024)

People in Bangladesh rate their lives 0.33 points higher than in Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025)

Adults in Ethiopia drink 778 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023)

Ethiopia has 54% more meat per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023)

Bangladesh has 29 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 784 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023)

Adults in Bangladesh went to school 4.4 years longer than in Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023)

Ethiopia welcomed 2.1 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024)

Ethiopia has 9 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (12 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Ethiopia: 12 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition)

53% of people in Bangladesh are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Ethiopia: 22% (2024)

Home internet in Bangladesh is 4 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Bangladesh have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024)

33% of people in Bangladesh live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Ethiopia: 24% (2025)

Bangladesh has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Ethiopia: 65 (2024)

Bangladesh’s railway network is 3.8 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Ethiopia: 754 km (2018)

Airlines from Ethiopia fly 3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of Ethiopia, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024)

The average person in Bangladesh emits 4.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Ethiopia: 100% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 3.2 times as much fine dust as in Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Ethiopia: no data

Roads in Bangladesh are 44% deadlier than in Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 1.9 °C warmer than Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 2.2 times as much rain as Ethiopia

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg)