Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 2,026 m above Sri Lanka’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Ethiopia has 6.2 times as many people as Sri Lanka

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 2.9 times as densely populated as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sri Lanka is 14 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 2.0 more children on average than in Sri Lanka

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

12% of people in Sri Lanka are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 762 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

Ethiopia has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Ethiopia 1

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Ethiopia’s economy is 16% larger than Sri Lanka’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Sri Lanka produces 4.7 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sri Lanka than in Ethiopia (Gini 6.6 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.7% in Sri Lanka

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 4.0% in Sri Lanka, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Sri Lanka spends 1.3% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Sri Lanka’s central government collects 9.9% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Sri Lanka’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Sri Lanka spends 3.9 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 6.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sri Lanka

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Sri Lanka has 7.9 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Sri Lanka has 12 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 3% higher than in Sri Lanka

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

11% of adults in Sri Lanka are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Sri Lanka smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Sri Lanka rate their lives 0.03 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Sri Lanka drink 10% more alcohol than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Sri Lanka has 67% more meat per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Sri Lanka has 117 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Sri Lanka put in 454 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 8.4 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Sri Lanka welcomed 8 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

Ethiopia has 4 more World Heritage sites than Sri Lanka (12 against 8)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

55% of people in Sri Lanka are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Sri Lanka is 2.9 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Sri Lanka have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

24% of people in Ethiopia live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Sri Lanka’s railway network is 2.1 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Sri Lanka fly 58% more passengers per resident than those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Sri Lanka, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Sri Lanka emits 6.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 62% in Sri Lanka

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Sri Lanka carries 2% more fine dust than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Ethiopia are 13% deadlier than in Sri Lanka

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 2.9 °C warmer than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sri Lanka gets 91% more rain than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)