Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition)

Myanmar’s highest peak towers 1,320 m above Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 34% of Ethiopia, versus 20% of Myanmar

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Myanmar: 19.9% (2024)

Ethiopia has 2.5 times as many people as Myanmar

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 44% more densely populated than Myanmar

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025)

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

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

Women in Ethiopia have 1.8 more children on average than in Myanmar

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Myanmar: 2.1 children per woman (2024)

7.5% of people in Myanmar are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Myanmar: 7.5% (2025)

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Myanmar: 0 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Ethiopia and Myanmar are practically level

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Myanmar: 1 (2026)

Ethiopia’s economy is 55% larger than Myanmar’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025)

Myanmar produces 66% more per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ethiopia than in Myanmar (Gini 0.4 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Myanmar: 30.7 (2017)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 10% in Myanmar

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Myanmar: 10.3% (2017)

Ethiopia and Myanmar are practically level

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

Myanmar spends 6.6% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Myanmar: 6.6% (2024)

Myanmar’s central government collects 6.0% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Myanmar: 6% (2019)

Ethiopia’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Myanmar’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Myanmar: 25% (2025)

Myanmar spends 61% more on health per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Myanmar: $56 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 5% more likely to die before turning one than in Myanmar

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Myanmar has 5.3 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019)

Myanmar has 3.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 3.5 times that in Myanmar

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023)

8.3% of adults in Myanmar are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Myanmar: 8.3% (2024)

43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Myanmar: 43.4% (2024)

People in Myanmar rate their lives 0.30 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Myanmar: 4.29 (2025)

Adults in Ethiopia drink 20% more alcohol than in Myanmar

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023)

Myanmar has 3 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023)

Myanmar has 251 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023)

Workers in Myanmar put in 598 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023)

Adults in Myanmar went to school 4 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023)

Myanmar welcomed 3.7 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Myanmar: 0.01 (2024)

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

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

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Myanmar none

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 0 (2026 edition)

45% of people in Myanmar are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Myanmar: 45% (2020)

Home internet in Myanmar is 2.1 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026)

80% of people in Myanmar have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024) · Myanmar: 80.4% (2024)

31% of people in Myanmar live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Myanmar: 31% (2025)

Myanmar has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Myanmar: 114 (2024)

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Myanmar: no data

Airlines from Ethiopia fly 75% more passengers per resident than those from Myanmar

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.06 (2023)

Forest covers 42% of Myanmar, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Myanmar: 42% (2024)

The average person in Myanmar emits 4.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024)

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

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Myanmar: 47.9% (2024)

The air in Myanmar carries 54% more fine dust than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ethiopia are 9% deadlier than in Myanmar

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023)

Myanmar is on average 0.2 °C warmer than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Myanmar gets 2.3 times as much rain as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 2,233 mm (2016–2025 avg)