Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 1,717 m above Ethiopia’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 34% of Ethiopia, versus 20% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024)

Ethiopia has 7.4 times as many people as Ecuador

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Ethiopia: 135 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 64% more densely populated than Ecuador

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ecuador is 9.7 years older than in Ethiopia

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 2.1 more children on average than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024)

8.6% of people in Ecuador are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 5.2 times as many refugees per resident as Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Ethiopia has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026)

Ecuador and Ethiopia are practically level

Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Ethiopia: 1 (2026)

Ecuador’s economy is 3% larger than Ethiopia’s

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025)

Ecuador produces 4.6 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Ethiopia (Gini 14.8 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.4% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021)

Ethiopia and Ecuador are practically level

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025)

Ecuador’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024)

Ecuador’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Ethiopia’s

Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Ethiopia: 26% (2025)

Ecuador spends 15 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Ethiopia: $35 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 3.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Ecuador has 16 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Ecuador has 4 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 2.6 times that in Ecuador

Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024)

10% of adults in Ecuador smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024)

People in Ecuador rate their lives 2.16 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025)

Adults in Ecuador drink 42% more alcohol than in Ethiopia

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023)

Ecuador has 8.1 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023)

Ecuador has 62 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023)

Ethiopia and Ecuador are practically level

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023)

Adults in Ecuador went to school 6.6 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023)

Ecuador: no data · Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024)

Ethiopia has 7 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (12 against 5)

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Ethiopia: 12 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition)

77% of people in Ecuador are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Ethiopia: 22% (2024)

Home internet in Ecuador is 13 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026)

99% of people in Ecuador have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Ecuador: 98.5% (2024) · Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024)

63% of people in Ecuador live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Ethiopia: 24% (2025)

Ecuador has 102 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

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

Ecuador’s railway network is 28% longer than Ethiopia’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Ethiopia: 754 km (2018)

Airlines from Ecuador fly 2.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024)

The average person in Ecuador emits 19 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 79% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Ethiopia: 100% (2025)

The air in Ethiopia carries 14% more fine dust than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: no data

Roads in Ecuador are 29% deadlier than in Ethiopia

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 2.7 °C warmer than Ecuador

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ecuador gets 3.3 times as much rain as Ethiopia

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg)