Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 1,345 m above Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Ethiopia has 92% more people than Tanzania

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 51% more densely populated than Tanzania

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ethiopia is 1.5 years older than in Tanzania

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 0.6 more children on average than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

Ethiopia and Tanzania are practically level

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 3.1 times as many refugees per resident as Tanzania

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Ethiopia 1

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

Ethiopia’s economy is 40% larger than Tanzania’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

Tanzania produces 23% more per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Ethiopia (Gini 9.4 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 39% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 3.3% in Ethiopia, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Tanzania spends 1.2% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Tanzania’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

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

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Tanzania spends 4% more on health per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 20% more likely to die before turning one than in Tanzania

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Ethiopia has 7% more doctors per person than Tanzania

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

Tanzania has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 3% higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

10% of adults in Tanzania are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

7.7% of adults in Tanzania smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in Ethiopia rate their lives 0.08 points higher than in Tanzania

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in Ethiopia drink 52% more alcohol than in Tanzania

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Tanzania has 76% more meat per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Ethiopia has 40 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Tanzania put in 529 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in Tanzania went to school 3.7 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Tanzania welcomed 5.5 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

Ethiopia has 5 more World Heritage sites than Tanzania (12 against 7)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

31% of people in Tanzania are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in Tanzania is 2.6 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

57% of people in Ethiopia have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania

Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

37% of people in Tanzania live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Tanzania’s railway network is 3.6 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Airlines from Ethiopia fly 4.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

The average person in Tanzania emits 2.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Tanzania carries 22% more fine dust than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Ethiopia are 19% deadlier than in Tanzania

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 0.8 °C warmer than Tanzania

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Tanzania gets 15% more rain than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)