Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · India: 7,000 km (2026 edition)

India’s highest peak towers 4,036 m above Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · India: 8,586 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 60% of India, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · India: 59.9% (2024)

India has 11 times as many people as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · India: 1.46 billion (2025)

India is 4.1 times as densely populated as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · India: 492 per km² (2025)

The typical person in India is 9.3 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · India: 28.1 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 1.9 more children on average than in India

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · India: 1.96 children per woman (2024)

7.4% of people in India are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · India: 7.4% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 46 times as many refugees per resident as India

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · India: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Ethiopia has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, India 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · India: 0.1 (2026)

India has 3 official languages, Ethiopia 1

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · India: 3 (2026)

India’s economy is 31 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · India: $3.96 trillion (2025)

India produces 3.2 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · India: Int$11,748 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ethiopia than in India (Gini 8.1 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · India: 23 (2023)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.6% in India

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · India: 2.6% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.2% in India, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · India: 4.2% (2025)

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

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

India’s central government collects 6.9% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · India: 6.9% (2022)

Ethiopia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× India’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · India: 23% (2025)

India spends 2.4 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · India: $85 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 48% more likely to die before turning one than in India

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · India: 23.3 per 1,000 (2024)

India has 5.1 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · India: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)

India has 4.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · India: 1.6 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in India is 6% higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · India: 15.3 per 100k (2023)

8.0% of adults in India are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · India: 8% (2024)

23% of adults in India smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · India: 22.6% (2024)

People in India rate their lives 0.55 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · India: 4.54 (2025)

Adults in India drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · India: 5.2 litres (2023)

India has 18% more meat per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · India: 8.1 kg (2023)

India has 110 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · India: 2,669 kcal (2023)

Workers in India put in 783 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · India: 2,383 hours (2023)

Adults in India went to school 4.5 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · India: 6.9 years (2023)

India welcomed 67% more tourists per resident than Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · India: 0.01 (2024)

India has 33 more World Heritage sites than Ethiopia (45 against 12)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · India: 45 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, India 41

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · India: 41 (2026 edition)

70% of people in India are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · India: 70% (2025)

Home internet in India is 4.2 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · India: 91 Mbps (2026)

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

Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024) · India: 99.9% (2024)

36% of people in India live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · India: 36% (2025)

India has 79 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · India: 79 (2024)

India’s railway network is 90 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · India: 68,103 km (2021)

Airlines from India fly 9% more passengers per resident than those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · India: 0.12 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of India, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · India: 24.4% (2024)

The average person in India emits 16 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · India: 2.2 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in India

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · India: 24.1% (2025)

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

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · India: 44.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · India: 2.8 per 100k (2022)

Roads in India are 6% deadlier than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · India: 25.4 per 100k (2023)

India is on average 0.6 °C warmer than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · India: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

India gets 32% more rain than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · India: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg)