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

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 93 m above Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

Ethiopia has 3.7 times as many people as Uzbekistan

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 43% more densely populated than Uzbekistan

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Uzbekistan is 8.2 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 0.4 more children on average than in Uzbekistan

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

6.1% of people in Uzbekistan are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 55,275 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Ethiopia 1

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

Uzbekistan’s economy is 16% larger than Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

Uzbekistan produces 3.8 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Uzbekistan than in Ethiopia (Gini 1.6 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.3% in Uzbekistan

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Uzbekistan, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Uzbekistan spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Uzbekistan’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

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

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

Uzbekistan spends 5.5 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 2.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Uzbekistan

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Uzbekistan has 20 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Uzbekistan has 15 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 85% higher than in Uzbekistan

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

16% of adults in Uzbekistan smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 2.30 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Adults in Ethiopia drink 8% more alcohol than in Uzbekistan

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Uzbekistan has 6.9 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Uzbekistan has 739 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 499 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 9.5 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Uzbekistan welcomed 54 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

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

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Uzbekistan 50

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Home internet in Uzbekistan is 10 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

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

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

51% of people in Uzbekistan live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Uzbekistan has 110 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Uzbekistan’s railway network is 6.3 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Airlines from Uzbekistan fly 16% more passengers per resident than those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of Ethiopia, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

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

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

The air in Uzbekistan carries 49% more fine dust than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Ethiopia are 84% deadlier than in Uzbekistan

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 9.5 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ethiopia gets 4.4 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)