Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 1,406 m above Vietnam’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 39% of Vietnam, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

Ethiopia has 33% more people than Vietnam

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Vietnam is 2.7 times as densely populated as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Vietnam is 14 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 2.0 more children on average than in Vietnam

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

9.5% of people in Vietnam are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 58,293 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

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

Vietnam has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Ethiopia and Vietnam are practically level

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

Vietnam’s economy is 4.1 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

Vietnam produces 5 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Vietnam than in Ethiopia (Gini 5 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Vietnam

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 3.3% in Ethiopia, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Vietnam spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

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

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Vietnam spends 5.7 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 2.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Vietnam

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Vietnam has 7.7 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Vietnam has 7.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 44% higher than in Vietnam

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia and Vietnam are practically level

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

21% of adults in Vietnam smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in Vietnam rate their lives 2.44 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Vietnam drink 4.7 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Vietnam has 8.8 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Vietnam has 528 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Vietnam put in 561 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

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

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

Vietnam welcomed 20 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

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

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

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

84% of people in Vietnam are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Vietnam is 11 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

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

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

39% of people in Vietnam live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Vietnam has 128 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Vietnam’s railway network is 4.2 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Airlines from Vietnam fly 4.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Vietnam, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

The average person in Vietnam emits 27 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

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

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 45% in Vietnam

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

The air in Vietnam carries 27% more fine dust than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Roads in Ethiopia are 30% deadlier than in Vietnam

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Vietnam is on average 0.5 °C warmer than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Vietnam gets 2.2 times as much rain as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)