Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)

Uganda’s highest peak towers 560 m above Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)

Ethiopia has 2.6 times as many people as Uganda

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)

Uganda is 2.1 times as densely populated as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ethiopia is 2.2 years older than in Uganda

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)

Women in Uganda have 0.3 more children on average than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)

3.3% of people in Ethiopia are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)

Uganda hosts 5.1 times as many refugees per resident as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Uganda has 2 official languages, Ethiopia 1

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)

Ethiopia’s economy is 2 times the size of Uganda’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)

Ethiopia produces 4% more per person than Uganda

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in Ethiopia (Gini 7.1 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Uganda: 38.2 (2023)

54% of people in Uganda live on less than $3 a day, versus 39% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 3.3% in Ethiopia, versus 2.7% in Uganda

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)

Uganda spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Uganda: 2% (2025)

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

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Uganda: 12.6% (2024)

Uganda’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)

Uganda spends 30% more on health per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)

A baby in Uganda is 4% more likely to die before turning one than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Uganda has 34% more doctors per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Uganda: no data

The suicide rate in Uganda is 19% higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

8.2% of adults in Uganda are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)

7.5% of adults in Uganda smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)

People in Uganda rate their lives 0.51 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)

Adults in Uganda drink 78% more alcohol than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)

Uganda has 57% more meat per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)

Ethiopia has 181 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)

Workers in Uganda put in 528 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)

Adults in Uganda went to school 3.9 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)

Uganda welcomed 8.8 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)

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

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Uganda 13

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)

22% of people in Ethiopia are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)

Home internet in Uganda is 2.5 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)

57% of people in Ethiopia have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda

Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)

32% of people in Uganda live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)

Uganda has 83 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)

Uganda’s railway network is 65% longer than Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)

Airlines from Ethiopia fly 268 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Uganda: 0.00042 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of Ethiopia, but only 12% of Uganda

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)

The average person in Ethiopia emits 7% more CO₂ than someone in Uganda

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 97% in Uganda

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)

The air in Uganda carries 85% more fine dust than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)

Uganda and Ethiopia are nearly identical here

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 0.2 °C warmer than Uganda

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Uganda gets 53% more rain than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)