Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 3,509 m above Ireland’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Ireland: 65.1% (2024)

Ethiopia has 25 times as many people as Ireland

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 52% more densely populated than Ireland

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 20 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 2.4 more children on average than in Ireland

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Ireland hosts 3.4 times as many refugees per resident as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Ethiopia 1

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 5.7 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 43 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ethiopia than in Ireland (Gini 2.1 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

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

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

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

Ethiopia and Ireland are practically level

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 3.3× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Ireland spends 213 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

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

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

Ireland has 27 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Ireland has 9 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 2 times that in Ireland

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 2.94 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 4.5 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Ireland has 14 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 1,363 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ireland put in 55 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 9.3 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 542 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

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

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 14 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

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

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

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Ireland: 65% (2025)

Ireland has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

Ireland’s railway network is 2.2 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 311 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of Ethiopia, but only 12% of Ireland

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 47 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

The air in Ethiopia carries 2.7 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ethiopia are 4.6 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 13.6 °C warmer than Ireland

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

Ireland gets 18% more rain than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)