Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 2,460 m above Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024)

Ethiopia has 6.5 times as many people as Kazakhstan

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 16 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025)

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

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 0.9 more children on average than in Kazakhstan

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024)

9.0% of people in Kazakhstan are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 9% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 36 times as many refugees per resident as Kazakhstan

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

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

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 0 (2026)

Kazakhstan has 2 official languages, Ethiopia 1

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

Kazakhstan’s economy is 2.4 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025)

Kazakhstan produces 12 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ethiopia than in Kazakhstan (Gini 1.9 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Kazakhstan

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Kazakhstan: 0% (2021)

Unemployment is 4.8% in Kazakhstan, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025)

Ethiopia and Kazakhstan are practically level

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025)

Kazakhstan’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023)

Kazakhstan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 33% (2025)

Kazakhstan spends 14 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Kazakhstan: $490 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 4.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Kazakhstan

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Kazakhstan has 26 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Kazakhstan has 20 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020)

The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 26% higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023)

22% of adults in Kazakhstan are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024)

21% of adults in Kazakhstan smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024)

People in Kazakhstan rate their lives 2.65 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Kazakhstan drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023)

Kazakhstan has 9.4 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023)

Kazakhstan has 578 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kazakhstan put in 375 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023)

Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 10 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023)

Kazakhstan welcomed 124 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024)

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

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 7 (2026)

Kazakhstan has won 87 Olympic medals, Ethiopia 62

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition)

93% of people in Kazakhstan are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 93% (2024)

Home internet in Kazakhstan is 7.6 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026)

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

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

62% of people in Kazakhstan live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 62% (2025)

Kazakhstan has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 127 (2024)

Kazakhstan’s railway network is 21 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021)

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

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of Ethiopia, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Kazakhstan emits 103 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025)

The air in Ethiopia carries 26% more fine dust than in Kazakhstan

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Ethiopia are 17% deadlier than in Kazakhstan

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 16.1 °C warmer than Kazakhstan

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ethiopia gets 2.9 times as much rain as Kazakhstan

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 328 mm (2016–2025 avg)