Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 2,196 m above Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 34% of Ethiopia, versus 19% of Peru

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

Ethiopia has 3.9 times as many people as Peru

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 4.5 times as densely populated as Peru

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

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

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

Women in Ethiopia have 1.9 more children on average than in Peru

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

9.5% of people in Peru are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 38 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

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

Peru has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Ethiopia 1

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

Peru’s economy is 2.7 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

Peru produces 5.2 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in Ethiopia (Gini 9 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.1% in Peru

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 5.1% in Peru, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Peru and Ethiopia are practically level

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

Peru’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

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

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 3.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Peru

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Peru has 12 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Peru has 4.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 5 times that in Peru

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

12% of adults in Peru smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in Peru rate their lives 1.99 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Adults in Peru drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Peru has 8 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Peru has 252 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 544 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Adults in Peru went to school 7.8 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Peru welcomed 15 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

Peru has 1 more World Heritage site than Ethiopia (13 against 12)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

82% of people in Peru are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Peru is 14 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

97% of people in Peru have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Peru has 125 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Peru’s railway network is 2.5 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from Peru fly 4.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in Peru emits 15 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 64% in Peru

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 37% more fine dust than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Ethiopia are 43% deadlier than in Peru

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 4.7 °C warmer than Peru

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 2.2 times as much rain as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)