How much coast is there?

Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 1,633 m above Greece’s.

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Ethiopia has 13 times as many people as Greece.

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Greece: 10.4 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Ethiopia is 49% more densely populated than Greece.

Ethiopia: 120 per km² (2025) · Greece: 81 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Greece is 27 years older than in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Greece: 45.7 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Ethiopia have 2.7 more children on average than in Greece.

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

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

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Greece: 24.4% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Greece has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1.

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2025) · Greece: 1 (2025)

How many official languages?

Ethiopia and Greece are practically level.

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Greece: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Greece’s economy is 2.2 times the size of Ethiopia’s.

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Greece: $281 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Greece produces 12 times as much per person as Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Greece: Int$45,264 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Greece than in Ethiopia (Gini 2.3 points higher).

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Greece: 33.4 (2023)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Greece: 8.5% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Greece spends 3.1% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.7%.

Ethiopia: 0.7% (2024) · Greece: 3.1% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Greece’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Ethiopia’s.

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Greece: 60% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Greece spends 56 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Greece: $1,963 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

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

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Greece has 46 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Greece: 33.7% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Greece: 30.2% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Greece rate their lives 1.71 points higher than in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Greece: 5.70 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Greece drink 3.8 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Greece: 8.6 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Greece has 12 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Greece: 82 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Greece has 823 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Greece put in 294 more hours a year than in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Greece: 1,893 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Greece went to school 9.2 years longer than in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Greece: 11.6 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Greece welcomed 657 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019).

Ethiopia: 0 (2024) · Greece: 2.67 (2022)

How many people are online?

86% of people in Greece are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Greece: 86% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Greece have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia.

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

How many live in cities?

79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia.

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

How many phones per person?

Greece has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65.

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Greece: 114 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Greece’s railway network is 3.1 times as long as Ethiopia’s.

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Greece: 2,339 km (2021)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Greece fly 16 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Greece: 1.83 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 30% of Greece, but only 15% of Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 14.9% (2023) · Greece: 30.3% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Greece emits 39 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Greece: 5.3 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 50% in Greece.

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Greece: 49.7% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ethiopia carries 34% more fine dust than in Greece.

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

Ethiopia: no data · Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ethiopia are 2.4 times as deadly as in Greece.

Ethiopia: 17.7 per 100k (2021) · Greece: 7.3 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Ethiopia is on average 8.2 °C warmer than Greece.

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Ethiopia gets 20% more rain than Greece.

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg)