Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 2,199 m above Portugal’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Ethiopia has 13 times as many people as Portugal

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 2% more densely populated than Portugal

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 27 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 2.5 more children on average than in Portugal

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 15% more refugees per resident than Portugal

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Ethiopia and Portugal are practically level

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

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

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Portugal produces 15 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Ethiopia (Gini 2.8 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Portugal

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Portugal spends 1.7% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Portugal spends 85 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Ethiopia is 13 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 41 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 11 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 67% higher than in Portugal

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Portugal are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Portugal rate their lives 2.04 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 6.1 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 14 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Portugal has 995 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 136 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Portugal went to school 7.3 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 667 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Portugal has 5 more World Heritage sites than Ethiopia (17 against 12)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

88% of people in Portugal are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 15 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

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

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

61% of people in Portugal live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Portugal has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Portugal’s railway network is 3.4 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 15 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Portugal emits 25 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 81% in Portugal

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Ethiopia carries 92% more fine dust than in Portugal

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Ethiopia are 2.2 times as deadly as in Portugal

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 8.0 °C warmer than Portugal

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ethiopia gets 24% more rain than Portugal

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)