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Eastern Africa · sovereign state

Ethiopia

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Capital
Addis Ababa
Languages
Amharic
Currency
Ethiopian birr
People
135 million (2025)
Neighbours
6
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Ethiopia

  • 2nd lowest fixed broadband download speed 22 Mbps · #2 of 197 · 2026
  • 2nd lowest adult obesity 2.5% · #2 of 195 · 2024
  • 4th lowest tourists per resident 0.0041 · #4 of 179 · 2024

Surprising facts about Ethiopia

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

Picked for surprise among Ethiopia’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

Ethiopia among 213 countries & territories

Each dot shows where Ethiopia sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.

World twins

The countries most like Ethiopia across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.

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Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people