Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Russia’s highest peak towers 1,092 m above Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 34% of Ethiopia, versus 13% of Russia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Russia has 6% more people than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 14 times as densely populated as Russia

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Russia is 21 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

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

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

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

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 91 times as many refugees per resident as Russia

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Ethiopia and Russia are practically level

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

Russia’s economy is 20 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

Russia produces 14 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Russia than in Ethiopia (Gini 1.9 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Russia: 33 (2023)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Russia

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Russia: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 3.3% in Ethiopia, versus 2.1% in Russia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

Russia’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

Russia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

Russia spends 29 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 8.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Russia

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 36 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Russia has 21 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 38% higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

21% of adults in Russia are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in Russia rate their lives 1.85 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Adults in Russia drink 4.6 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Russia has 12 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Russia has 970 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Russia put in 487 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in Russia went to school 10 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Russia: no data

Russia has 21 more World Heritage sites than Ethiopia (33 against 12)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Ethiopia 62

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Russia are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Russia: 94% (2024)

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

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

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

75% of people in Russia live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 113 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Airlines from Russia fly 6.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Russia, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 91 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Russia

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Ethiopia carries 57% more fine dust than in Russia

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Ethiopia are 78% deadlier than in Russia

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 26.5 °C warmer than Russia

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ethiopia gets 64% more rain than Russia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)