Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 2,006 m above Romania’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Ethiopia has 7.1 times as many people as Romania

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 46% more densely populated than Romania

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Romania is 24 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

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

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Romania hosts 46% more refugees per resident than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Ethiopia and Romania are practically level

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Romania’s economy is 3.4 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Romania produces 14 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ethiopia than in Romania (Gini 1.3 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Romania

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Romania spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

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

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Romania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Romania spends 30 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 5.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Romania

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Romania has 25 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

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

Romania has 22 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 76% higher than in Romania

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Romania rate their lives 2.64 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 7.5 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Romania has 10 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Romania has 1,091 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Romania put in 227 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Romania went to school 9.1 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Romania welcomed 173 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Ethiopia has 1 more World Heritage site than Romania (12 against 11)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Ethiopia 62

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

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

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

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

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

52% of people in Romania live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Romania has 120 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 14 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Romania fly 31% more passengers per resident than those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 30% of Romania, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Romania emits 27 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 47% in Romania

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Ethiopia carries 41% more fine dust than in Romania

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Ethiopia are 76% deadlier than in Romania

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 12.9 °C warmer than Romania

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ethiopia gets 27% more rain than Romania

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)