Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 2,798 m above Ivory Coast’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024)

Ethiopia has 4.1 times as many people as Ivory Coast

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 17% more densely populated than Ivory Coast

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ethiopia is 0.64 years older than in Ivory Coast

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023)

Women in Ivory Coast have 0.3 more children on average than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024)

3.3% of people in Ethiopia are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 3.3 times as many refugees per resident as Ivory Coast

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Ethiopia has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 0 (2026)

Ethiopia and Ivory Coast are practically level

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 1 (2026)

Ethiopia’s economy is 27% larger than Ivory Coast’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025)

Ivory Coast produces 2.3 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in Ethiopia (Gini 4.2 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 21% in Ivory Coast

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021)

Unemployment is 3.3% in Ethiopia, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025)

Ivory Coast and Ethiopia are practically level

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025)

Ivory Coast’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 13% (2023)

Ivory Coast’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 37% (2025)

Ivory Coast spends 2.5 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Ivory Coast: $88 (2023)

A baby in Ivory Coast is 30% more likely to die before turning one than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Ivory Coast has 16% more doctors per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023)

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Ivory Coast: no data

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 15% higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023)

12% of adults in Ivory Coast are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12% (2024)

7.3% of adults in Ivory Coast smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024)

People in Ivory Coast rate their lives 1.16 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025)

Adults in Ivory Coast drink 84% more alcohol than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023)

Ivory Coast has 74% more meat per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023)

Ivory Coast has 379 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ivory Coast put in 504 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023)

Adults in Ivory Coast went to school 2.5 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Ivory Coast: no data

Ethiopia has 7 more World Heritage sites than Ivory Coast (12 against 5)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition)

41% of people in Ivory Coast are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 41% (2024)

Home internet in Ivory Coast is 4 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026)

73% of people in Ivory Coast have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024)

55% of people in Ivory Coast live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 55% (2025)

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 184 (2024)

Ethiopia’s railway network is 18% longer than Ivory Coast’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021)

Airlines from Ethiopia fly 5.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of Ethiopia, but only 12% of Ivory Coast

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024)

The average person in Ivory Coast emits 3.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024)

Ethiopia and Ivory Coast are nearly identical here

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Roads in Ivory Coast are 29% deadlier than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023)

Ivory Coast is on average 2.9 °C warmer than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ivory Coast gets 27% more rain than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg)