Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 455 m above Malaysia’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 34% of Ethiopia, versus 25% of Malaysia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Malaysia: 24.8% (2024)

Ethiopia has 3.8 times as many people as Malaysia

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Malaysia: 36 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 10% more densely populated than Malaysia

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025)

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

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023)

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

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024)

8.0% of people in Malaysia are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Malaysia: 8% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 79% more refugees per resident than Malaysia

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Malaysia has 2 official languages, Ethiopia 1

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

Malaysia’s economy is 3.7 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Malaysia: $472 billion (2025)

Malaysia produces 11 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Ethiopia (Gini 9.6 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Malaysia: 40.7 (2021)

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

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

Malaysia and Ethiopia are practically level

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Malaysia: 3.8% (2025)

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

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

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

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Malaysia: 12.4% (2024)

Malaysia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Malaysia: 32% (2025)

Malaysia spends 13 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Malaysia: $450 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 4.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Malaysia

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024)

Malaysia has 16 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Malaysia has 5.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 2.9 times that in Malaysia

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Malaysia are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Malaysia: 23.6% (2024)

17% of adults in Malaysia smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Malaysia: 16.9% (2024)

People in Malaysia rate their lives 2.02 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Malaysia: 6.01 (2025)

Adults in Ethiopia drink 2.8 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023)

Malaysia has 10 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023)

Malaysia has 368 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 708 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023)

Adults in Malaysia went to school 8.7 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023)

Malaysia welcomed 72 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Malaysia: 0.29 (2022)

Ethiopia has 6 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (12 against 6)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Malaysia: 6 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Malaysia: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Malaysia is 12 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026)

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

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

77% of people in Malaysia live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Malaysia: 77% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Malaysia: 140 (2024)

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

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021)

Airlines from Malaysia fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Malaysia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Malaysia: 57.7% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 60 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Malaysia: 20.7% (2025)

The air in Ethiopia carries 32% more fine dust than in Malaysia

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024)

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

Roads in Ethiopia are 48% deadlier than in Malaysia

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 2.1 °C warmer than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 3.2 times as much rain as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg)