Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 1,556 m above Brazil’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 34% of Ethiopia, versus 28% of Brazil

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024)

Brazil has 57% more people than Ethiopia

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Ethiopia: 135 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 4.7 times as densely populated as Brazil

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Brazil is 15 years older than in Ethiopia

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 2.3 more children on average than in Brazil

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024)

11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 5.7 times as many refugees per resident as Brazil

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Ethiopia has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026)

Brazil and Ethiopia are practically level

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Ethiopia: 1 (2026)

Brazil’s economy is 18 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025)

Brazil produces 6.5 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Ethiopia (Gini 19.2 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.0% in Brazil

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

Brazil spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025)

Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024)

Brazil’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Ethiopia’s

Brazil: 46% (2025) · Ethiopia: 26% (2025)

Brazil spends 29 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Ethiopia: $35 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 2.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Brazil

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Brazil has 16 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Brazil has 7.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 64% higher than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024)

12% of adults in Brazil smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024)

People in Brazil rate their lives 2.65 points higher than in Ethiopia

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025)

Adults in Brazil drink 4.6 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023)

Brazil has 15 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023)

Brazil has 865 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023)

Workers in Brazil put in 394 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023)

Adults in Brazil went to school 6 years longer than in Ethiopia

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023)

Brazil welcomed 7.9 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024)

Brazil has 14 more World Heritage sites than Ethiopia (26 against 12)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Ethiopia: 12 (2026)

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Ethiopia 62

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition)

84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Ethiopia: 22% (2024)

Home internet in Brazil is 14 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026)

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

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024)

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Brazil: 88% (2025) · Ethiopia: 24% (2025)

Brazil has 102 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Ethiopia: 65 (2024)

Brazil’s railway network is 40 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Ethiopia: 754 km (2018)

Airlines from Brazil fly 4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023)

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024)

The average person in Brazil emits 17 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 87% in Brazil

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Ethiopia: 100% (2025)

The air in Ethiopia carries 32% more fine dust than in Brazil

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: no data

Roads in Brazil are 8% deadlier than in Ethiopia

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023)

Brazil is on average 1.4 °C warmer than Ethiopia

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Brazil gets 73% more rain than Ethiopia

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg)