DR Congo: 37 km (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition)

The DR Congo’s highest peak towers 560 m above Ethiopia’s

DR Congo: 5,110 m (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 34% of Ethiopia, versus 16% of the DR Congo

DR Congo: 16.2% (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024)

Ethiopia has 20% more people than the DR Congo

DR Congo: 113 million (2025) · Ethiopia: 135 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 2.4 times as densely populated as the DR Congo

DR Congo: 50 per km² (2025) · Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ethiopia is 3 years older than in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 15.8 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023)

Women in the DR Congo have 2.1 more children on average than in Ethiopia

DR Congo: 5.98 children per woman (2024) · Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024)

Ethiopia and the DR Congo are practically level

DR Congo: 3.1% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 67% more refugees per resident than the DR Congo

DR Congo: 4.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025)

The DR Congo has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

DR Congo: 0.1 (2026) · Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026)

The DR Congo has 5 official languages, Ethiopia 1

DR Congo: 5 (2026) · Ethiopia: 1 (2026)

Ethiopia’s economy is 39% larger than the DR Congo’s

DR Congo: $91 billion (2025) · Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025)

Ethiopia produces 89% more per person than the DR Congo

DR Congo: Int$1,920 (2025) · Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in the DR Congo than in Ethiopia (Gini 13.6 points higher)

DR Congo: 44.7 (2020) · Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021)

85% of people in the DR Congo live on less than $3 a day, versus 39% in Ethiopia

DR Congo: 85.3% (2020) · Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021)

Unemployment is 4.4% in the DR Congo, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

DR Congo: 4.4% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

The DR Congo spends 1.4% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

DR Congo: 1.4% (2025) · Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025)

The DR Congo’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

DR Congo: 10.7% (2022) · Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024)

The DR Congo’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Ethiopia’s

DR Congo: 42% (2025) · Ethiopia: 26% (2025)

Ethiopia spends 49% more on health per person than the DR Congo

DR Congo: $23 (2023) · Ethiopia: $35 (2023)

A baby in the DR Congo is 63% more likely to die before turning one than in Ethiopia

DR Congo: 56.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024)

The DR Congo has 45% more doctors per person than Ethiopia

DR Congo: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023)

DR Congo: no data · Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016)

The suicide rate in the DR Congo is 25% higher than in Ethiopia

DR Congo: 18 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023)

5.9% of adults in the DR Congo are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

DR Congo: 5.9% (2024) · Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024)

12% of adults in the DR Congo smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

DR Congo: 12.3% (2024) · Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024)

People in Ethiopia rate their lives 0.22 points higher than in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 3.76 (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025)

Adults in Ethiopia drink 42% more alcohol than in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 1.6 litres (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023)

Ethiopia has 2 times as much meat per person as the DR Congo

DR Congo: 3.5 kg (2023) · Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023)

Ethiopia has 544 kcal more food per person per day than the DR Congo

DR Congo: 2,015 kcal (2023) · Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023)

Workers in the DR Congo put in 242 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

DR Congo: 1,841 hours (2023) · Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023)

Adults in the DR Congo went to school 5 years longer than in Ethiopia

DR Congo: 7.4 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023)

The DR Congo welcomed 27% more tourists per resident than Ethiopia (2019)

DR Congo: 0.01 (2019) · Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024)

Ethiopia has 7 more World Heritage sites than the DR Congo (12 against 5)

DR Congo: 5 (2026) · Ethiopia: 12 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, the DR Congo none

DR Congo: 0 (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition)

22% of people in Ethiopia are online, versus 20% in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 20% (2024) · Ethiopia: 22% (2024)

Home internet in the DR Congo is 3.5 times as fast as in Ethiopia

DR Congo: 75 Mbps (2026) · Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026)

57% of people in Ethiopia have electricity, versus 23% in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 22.5% (2024) · Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024)

45% of people in the DR Congo live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

DR Congo: 45% (2025) · Ethiopia: 24% (2025)

Ethiopia has 65 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the DR Congo 59

DR Congo: 59 (2024) · Ethiopia: 65 (2024)

The DR Congo’s railway network is 4.8 times as long as Ethiopia’s

DR Congo: 3,641 km (2021) · Ethiopia: 754 km (2018)

Airlines from Ethiopia fly 11 times as many passengers per resident as those from the DR Congo

DR Congo: 0.01 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023)

Forest covers 62% of the DR Congo, but only 24% of Ethiopia

DR Congo: 61.5% (2024) · Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024)

The average person in Ethiopia emits 2.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in the DR Congo

DR Congo: 0.1 t (2024) · Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024)

The DR Congo and Ethiopia are practically level

DR Congo: 100% (2024) · Ethiopia: 100% (2025)

The air in the DR Congo carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Ethiopia

DR Congo: 41.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia and the DR Congo are nearly identical here

DR Congo: 23.7 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023)

The DR Congo is on average 0.9 °C warmer than Ethiopia

DR Congo: 24.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

The DR Congo gets 53% more rain than Ethiopia

DR Congo: 1,469 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg)