Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · France: 4,853 km (2026 edition)

France’s highest peak towers 260 m above Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · France: 4,810 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of France, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · France: 52.8% (2024)

Ethiopia has 2 times as many people as France

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · France: 68.7 million (2025)

France is 6% more densely populated than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · France: 128 per km² (2025)

The typical person in France is 23 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · France: 41.8 years (2023)

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

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

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · France: 22.5% (2025)

France hosts 54% more refugees per resident than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025)

France has produced 9.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · France: 9.5 (2026)

Ethiopia and France are practically level

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · France: 1 (2026)

France’s economy is 27 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · France: $3.37 trillion (2025)

France produces 18 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · France: Int$63,975 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in France than in Ethiopia (Gini 0.7 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · France: 31.8 (2023)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in France

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · France: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · France: 7.5% (2025)

France spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · France: 2% (2025)

France’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · France: 22.8% (2024)

France’s price level (US = 100) is 3× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · France: 77% (2025)

France spends 153 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · France: $5,327 (2024)

A baby in Ethiopia is 10 times as likely to die before turning one as in France

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

France has 23 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022)

France has 17 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 4% higher than in France

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · France: 13.9 per 100k (2023)

13% of adults in France are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · France: 12.5% (2024)

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · France: 33.6% (2024)

People in France rate their lives 2.60 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · France: 6.59 (2025)

Adults in France drink 4.9 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · France: 11.2 litres (2023)

France has 12 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · France: 80.3 kg (2023)

France has 931 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · France: 3,490 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ethiopia put in 112 more hours a year than in France

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · France: 1,487 hours (2023)

Adults in France went to school 9.4 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · France: 11.8 years (2023)

France welcomed 332 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · France: 1.35 (2019)

France has 44 more World Heritage sites than Ethiopia (56 against 12)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · France: 56 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Ethiopia 62

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · France: 985 (2026 edition)

89% of people in France are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · France: 89% (2024)

Home internet in France is 21 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · France: 460 Mbps (2026)

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

Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024) · France: 100% (2024)

79% of people in France live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · France: 79% (2025)

France has 117 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · France: 117 (2023)

France’s railway network is 37 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · France: 27,716 km (2021)

Airlines from France fly 8.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · France: 0.94 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of France, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · France: 32.9% (2024)

The average person in France emits 29 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · France: 4 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in France

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · France: 26.1% (2025)

The air in Ethiopia carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in France

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · France: 1.3 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Ethiopia are 3.1 times as deadly as in France

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · France: 7.6 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 9.8 °C warmer than France

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

France gets 20% more rain than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg)