Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 1,985 m above Thailand’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of Thailand, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Ethiopia has 89% more people than Thailand

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Thailand is 16% more densely populated than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

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

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 2.7 more children on average than in Thailand

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Thailand are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 6.4 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Ethiopia and Thailand are practically level

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Thailand’s economy is 4.6 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Thailand produces 7.2 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Thailand than in Ethiopia (Gini 2.2 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 3.3% in Ethiopia, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Thailand spends 1.0% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Thailand’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Thailand’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Thailand spends 9.4 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 4.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Thailand

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Thailand has 3.8 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Thailand has 7.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 50% higher than in Thailand

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

16% of adults in Thailand are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

18% of adults in Thailand smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Thailand rate their lives 2.31 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Thailand drink 3.5 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Thailand has 3.5 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Thailand has 297 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 578 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Thailand went to school 6.6 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 138 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Ethiopia has 3 more World Heritage sites than Thailand (12 against 9)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Thailand are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 17 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

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

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

63% of people in Thailand live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Thailand’s railway network is 5.4 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Thailand fly 6.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Thailand emits 28 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

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

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 15% more fine dust than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Roads in Thailand are 49% deadlier than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 2.9 °C warmer than Ethiopia

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

Thailand gets 72% more rain than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)