Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 2,600 m above South Korea’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 34% of Ethiopia, versus 16% of South Korea

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

Ethiopia has 2.6 times as many people as South Korea

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 4.4 times as densely populated as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 26 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 3.2 more children on average than in South Korea

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

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

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 87 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

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

South Korea has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Ethiopia and South Korea are practically level

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 15 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 17 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Korea than in Ethiopia (Gini 1.8 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

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

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 3.3% in Ethiopia, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

South Korea’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

South Korea’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 90 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Ethiopia is 15 times as likely to die before turning one as in South Korea

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

South Korea has 18 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 39 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 62% higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

7.5% of adults in South Korea are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

19% of adults in South Korea smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in South Korea rate their lives 2.06 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in South Korea drink 3.6 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

South Korea has 12 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

South Korea has 872 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Korea put in 311 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 10 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

South Korea welcomed 78 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

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

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Ethiopia 62

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 14 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in South Korea have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 5.7 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 13 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 84 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 4% more fine dust than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ethiopia are 2.7 times as deadly as in South Korea

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 10.8 °C warmer than South Korea

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea gets 31% more rain than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)