Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition)

Indonesia’s highest peak towers 334 m above Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 34% of Ethiopia, versus 29% of Indonesia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Indonesia: 28.9% (2024)

Indonesia has 2.1 times as many people as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Indonesia: 286 million (2025)

Indonesia is 25% more densely populated than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Indonesia is 11 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 1.8 more children on average than in Indonesia

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024)

7.5% of people in Indonesia are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

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

Ethiopia hosts 289 times as many refugees per resident as Indonesia

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025)

Ethiopia has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Indonesia 0.0

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Indonesia: 0.035 (2026)

Ethiopia and Indonesia are practically level

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Indonesia: 1 (2026)

Indonesia’s economy is 11 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025)

Indonesia produces 4.9 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Indonesia than in Ethiopia (Gini 3.3 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Indonesia: 34.4 (2025)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.7% in Indonesia

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Indonesia: 3.7% (2025)

Ethiopia and Indonesia are practically level

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Indonesia: 3.2% (2025)

Indonesia spends 1.0% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Indonesia: 1% (2025)

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Indonesia: no data

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

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Indonesia: 29% (2025)

Indonesia spends 3.8 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Indonesia: $132 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 2.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Indonesia

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Indonesia has 3.7 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Indonesia has 4.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 6.5 times that in Indonesia

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

12% of adults in Indonesia are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Indonesia: 12% (2024)

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Indonesia: 31% (2024)

People in Indonesia rate their lives 1.63 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Indonesia: 5.62 (2025)

Adults in Ethiopia drink 22 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023)

Indonesia has 2.9 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Indonesia: 20 kg (2023)

Indonesia has 342 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023)

Workers in Indonesia put in 359 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023)

Adults in Indonesia went to school 6.3 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023)

Indonesia welcomed 12 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Indonesia: 0.05 (2024)

Ethiopia has 2 more World Heritage sites than Indonesia (12 against 10)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Indonesia: 10 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Indonesia 40

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition)

73% of people in Indonesia are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Indonesia: 73% (2024)

Home internet in Indonesia is 3.8 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026)

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

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

59% of people in Indonesia live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Indonesia: 59% (2025)

Indonesia has 123 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Indonesia: 123 (2024)

Indonesia’s railway network is 7.3 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019)

Airlines from Indonesia fly 3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Indonesia: 0.34 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Indonesia, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Indonesia: 50.7% (2024)

The average person in Indonesia emits 21 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 18% in Indonesia

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Indonesia: 18.1% (2024)

The air in Ethiopia carries 9% more fine dust than in Indonesia

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Indonesia: 18.5 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Ethiopia are 37% deadlier than in Indonesia

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023)

Indonesia is on average 1.7 °C warmer than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Indonesia gets 3.6 times as much rain as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Indonesia: 3,437 mm (2016–2025 avg)