Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 649 m above Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

Ethiopia has 2.4 times as many people as Kenya

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 22% more densely populated than Kenya

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Kenya is 0.79 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 0.7 more children on average than in Kenya

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

Ethiopia and Kenya are practically level

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Kenya hosts 44% more refugees per resident than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Kenya has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Kenya has 2 official languages, Ethiopia 1

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

Kenya’s economy is 8% larger than Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

Kenya produces 94% more per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Ethiopia (Gini 7.4 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 39% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Kenya spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

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

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

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

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

Ethiopia and Kenya are nearly identical here

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Kenya has 2 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Kenya has 4 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 33% higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

10% of adults in Kenya are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

9.6% of adults in Kenya smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in Kenya rate their lives 0.69 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Ethiopia and Kenya are nearly identical here

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Kenya has 47% more meat per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Ethiopia has 412 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kenya put in 435 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Adults in Kenya went to school 6.2 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Kenya welcomed 6.8 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

Ethiopia has 4 more World Heritage sites than Kenya (12 against 8)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Ethiopia 62

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

35% of people in Kenya are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in Kenya is 91% faster than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

77% of people in Kenya have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024) · Kenya: 77% (2024)

32% of people in Kenya live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Kenya’s railway network is 5.1 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Airlines from Ethiopia fly 26% more passengers per resident than those from Kenya

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of Ethiopia, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in Kenya emits 2.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 90% in Kenya

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

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

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kenya are 2.3 times as deadly as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 1.8 °C warmer than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ethiopia gets 38% more rain than Kenya

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)