Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 1,587 m above Germany’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Germany: 47.4% (2024)

Ethiopia has 62% more people than Germany

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Germany: 83.5 million (2025)

Germany is 2 times as densely populated as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Germany: 239 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 26 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Germany: 45.1 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 2.5 more children on average than in Germany

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Germany: 23.7% (2025)

Germany hosts 4.3 times as many refugees per resident as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Germany: 10.3 (2026)

Ethiopia and Germany are practically level

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Germany: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 40 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025)

Germany produces 21 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Germany: Int$75,407 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in Ethiopia (Gini 2.6 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Germany: 33.7 (2022)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Germany

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Germany: 0.7% (2022)

Germany and Ethiopia are practically level

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Germany: 3.7% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Germany: 2.3% (2025)

Germany’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Germany: 10.9% (2024)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 3.1× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Germany: 80% (2025)

Germany spends 197 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Germany: $6,849 (2024)

A baby in Ethiopia is 11 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 32 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Germany has 23 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 44% higher than in Germany

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 10 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Germany: 24.5% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Germany: 22% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 2.90 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Germany: 6.88 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 4.8 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Germany: 10.9 litres (2023)

Germany has 10 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Germany: 70.7 kg (2023)

Germany has 976 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ethiopia put in 264 more hours a year than in Germany

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Germany: 1,335 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 12 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Germany: 14.3 years (2023)

Germany welcomed 110 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Germany: 0.45 (2024)

Germany has 43 more World Heritage sites than Ethiopia (55 against 12)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Germany: 55 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Ethiopia 62

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Germany: 980 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Germany: 94% (2024)

Home internet in Germany is 8.7 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Germany: 187 Mbps (2026)

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

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

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Germany: 82% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Germany: 129 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 44 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Germany: 33,401 km (2021)

Airlines from Germany fly 8.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Germany: 0.96 (2023)

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

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Germany: 32.8% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 50 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Germany: 6.8 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 59% in Germany

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Germany: 59.1% (2025)

The air in Ethiopia carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ethiopia are 4.4 times as deadly as in Germany

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 13.7 °C warmer than Germany

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ethiopia gets 10% more rain than Germany

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg)