How much coast is there?

Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Singapore: 193 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 4,384 m above Singapore’s.

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Singapore: 166 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Ethiopia has 22 times as many people as Singapore.

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Singapore: 6.11 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Singapore is 71 times as densely populated as Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 120 per km² (2025) · Singapore: 8,511 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Singapore is 16 years older than in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Singapore: 35.1 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Ethiopia have 2.9 more children on average than in Singapore.

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Singapore: 0.97 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

14% of people in Singapore are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Singapore: 14.2% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ethiopia has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Singapore none.

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2025) · Singapore: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Singapore has 4 official languages, Ethiopia 1.

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Singapore: 4 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Singapore’s economy is 4.8 times the size of Ethiopia’s.

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Singapore: $604 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Singapore produces 45 times as much per person as Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Singapore: Int$163,354 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Singapore: no data

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 3.3% in Ethiopia, versus 2.8% in Singapore.

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Singapore: 2.8% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Singapore spends 2.8% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.7%.

Ethiopia: 0.7% (2024) · Singapore: 2.8% (2024)

How expensive is it?

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

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

How much is spent on health?

Singapore spends 113 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Singapore: $3,922 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ethiopia is 16 times as likely to die before turning one as in Singapore.

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Singapore: 2.2 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Singapore has 20 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Singapore: 2.8 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

17% of adults in Singapore are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Singapore: 16.8% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

14% of adults in Singapore smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Singapore: 13.8% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Singapore rate their lives 2.60 points higher than in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Singapore: 6.59 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Ethiopia drink 4% more alcohol than in Singapore.

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Singapore: 2.2 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Singapore: no data

How much food is there per day?

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Singapore: no data

How long do people work?

Workers in Singapore put in 684 more hours a year than in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Singapore: 2,283 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Singapore went to school 9.6 years longer than in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Singapore: 12 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Singapore welcomed 532 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019).

Ethiopia: 0 (2024) · Singapore: 2.16 (2024)

How many people are online?

94% of people in Singapore are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia.

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

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Singapore have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia.

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

How many live in cities?

100% of people in Singapore live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Singapore: 100% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Singapore has 171 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65.

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Singapore: 171 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Singapore: no data

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Singapore fly 69 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Singapore: 7.77 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 21% of Singapore, but only 15% of Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 14.9% (2023) · Singapore: 20.9% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Singapore emits 68 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Singapore: 9.2 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 5.5% in Singapore.

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Singapore: 5.5% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ethiopia carries 66% more fine dust than in Singapore.

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Singapore: 12.2 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

Ethiopia: no data · Singapore: 0.1 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ethiopia are 9.3 times as deadly as in Singapore.

Ethiopia: 17.7 per 100k (2021) · Singapore: 1.9 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Singapore: no data

How much rain falls?

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Singapore: no data