Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Philippines: 36,289 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 1,596 m above the Philippines’

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Philippines: 2,954 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of the Philippines, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Philippines: 42.7% (2024)

Ethiopia has 16% more people than the Philippines

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Philippines: 117 million (2025)

The Philippines is 3.2 times as densely populated as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Philippines: 392 per km² (2025)

The typical person in the Philippines is 6.6 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Philippines: 25.3 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 2.0 more children on average than in the Philippines

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Philippines: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

5.7% of people in the Philippines are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Philippines: 5.7% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 844 times as many refugees per resident as the Philippines

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Philippines: 0.0088 per 1,000 (2025)

The Philippines has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Philippines: 0.1 (2026)

The Philippines has 2 official languages, Ethiopia 1

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

The Philippines’ economy is 3.9 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Philippines: $487 billion (2025)

The Philippines produces 3.5 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Philippines: Int$12,577 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in the Philippines than in Ethiopia (Gini 8.2 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Philippines: 39.3 (2023)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.3% in the Philippines

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Philippines: 5.3% (2023)

Unemployment is 3.3% in Ethiopia, versus 2.2% in the Philippines

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Philippines: 2.2% (2025)

The Philippines spends 1.3% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Philippines: 1.3% (2025)

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

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Philippines: 14.4% (2024)

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

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Philippines: 33% (2025)

The Philippines spends 5.6 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Philippines: $194 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 59% more likely to die before turning one than in the Philippines

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Philippines: 21.7 per 1,000 (2024)

The Philippines has 5.5 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Philippines: 0.8 per 1,000 (2021)

The Philippines has 2.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Philippines: 1 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 4.6 times that in the Philippines

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 3.1 per 100k (2023)

9.7% of adults in the Philippines are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Philippines: 9.7% (2024)

20% of adults in the Philippines smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Philippines: 19.9% (2024)

People in the Philippines rate their lives 2.22 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Philippines: 6.21 (2025)

Adults in the Philippines drink 2.7 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Philippines: 6.1 litres (2023)

The Philippines has 4.9 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Philippines: 33.6 kg (2023)

The Philippines has 424 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Philippines: 2,983 kcal (2023)

Workers in the Philippines put in 497 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Philippines: 2,096 hours (2023)

Adults in the Philippines went to school 7.6 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Philippines: 10 years (2023)

The Philippines welcomed 5.7 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Philippines: 0.02 (2022)

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

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

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, the Philippines 18

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Philippines: 18 (2026 edition)

67% of people in the Philippines are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Philippines: 67% (2024)

Home internet in the Philippines is 7.7 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Philippines: 166 Mbps (2026)

95% of people in the Philippines have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024) · Philippines: 94.8% (2024)

56% of people in the Philippines live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Philippines: 56% (2025)

The Philippines has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Philippines: 115 (2024)

Ethiopia’s railway network is 48% longer than the Philippines’

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Philippines: 509 km (2016)

Airlines from the Philippines fly 3.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Philippines: 0.36 (2023)

Forest covers 25% of the Philippines, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Philippines: 24.8% (2024)

The average person in the Philippines emits 11 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Philippines: 1.5 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in the Philippines

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Philippines: 23.3% (2025)

The air in the Philippines carries 14% more fine dust than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Philippines: 23.1 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Philippines: 4.3 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ethiopia are 73% deadlier than in the Philippines

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 13.8 per 100k (2023)

The Philippines is on average 2.5 °C warmer than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Philippines: 26.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

The Philippines gets 3.1 times as much rain as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Philippines: 3,001 mm (2016–2025 avg)