Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 4,520 m above New Zealand’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of New Zealand, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

Ethiopia has 25 times as many people as New Zealand

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 6 times as densely populated as New Zealand

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

The typical person in New Zealand is 19 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 2.3 more children on average than in New Zealand

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in New Zealand are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 18 times as many refugees per resident as New Zealand

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025)

New Zealand has produced 5.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Ethiopia 1

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

New Zealand’s economy is 2.1 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

New Zealand produces 16 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · New Zealand: no data

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · New Zealand: no data

Unemployment is 5.1% in New Zealand, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

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

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · New Zealand: 1.1% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 3.4× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

New Zealand spends 144 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

A baby in Ethiopia is 8.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in New Zealand

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

New Zealand has 25 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

New Zealand has 7.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 11% higher than in New Zealand

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

9.3% of adults in New Zealand smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)

People in New Zealand rate their lives 3.01 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Adults in New Zealand drink 3.9 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

New Zealand has 12 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

New Zealand has 563 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Workers in New Zealand put in 108 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

Adults in New Zealand went to school 10 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

New Zealand welcomed 148 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

Ethiopia has 9 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (12 against 3)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

New Zealand has won 166 Olympic medals, Ethiopia 62

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition)

94% of people in New Zealand are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Home internet in New Zealand is 13 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in New Zealand have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024) · New Zealand: 100% (2024)

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

New Zealand has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

New Zealand’s railway network is 5.5 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Airlines from New Zealand fly 25 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of New Zealand, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

The average person in New Zealand emits 46 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 89% in New Zealand

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

The air in Ethiopia carries 2.9 times as much fine dust as in New Zealand

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Ethiopia are 2.2 times as deadly as in New Zealand

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 12.8 °C warmer than New Zealand

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

New Zealand gets 66% more rain than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg)