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Eritrea vs Ethiopia

86 shared metrics.

EritreaLeads in 38

vs86 shared

EthiopiaLeads in 48

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Eritrea

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Identity

Formal name: State of Eritrea.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the country name derives from the ancient Greek name Erythra Thalassa, meaning "Red Sea," the body of water that borders the country.

CIA 2026

Ethiopia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Ethiopia's Lalibela churches were carved down into living rock, not built up from blocks.

UNESCO

Analysis

Ethiopia leads in 48 of 86 shared metrics, while Eritrea leads in 38.

Eritrea's Solar Electricity Share is 91.6x that of Ethiopia (11.11% vs 0.12%).

Eritrea's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 24.0x that of Ethiopia (577.78 gCO2/kWh vs 23.08 gCO2/kWh).

Eritrea's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 4.3x that of Ethiopia (0.02 per 100k people vs 0.00 per 100k people).

Eritrea's Government Debt (% GDP) is 3.2x that of Ethiopia (132.8% of GDP vs 31.4% of GDP).

Eritrea's Vehicles per 1,000 People is 2.5x that of Ethiopia (23.17 per 1k people vs 6.6 per 1k people).

Key Comparisons

Solar Electricity ShareEritrea leads

Eritrea

11.11%

Ethiopia

0.12%

Electricity Carbon IntensityEritrea leads

Eritrea

577.78 gCO2/kWh

Ethiopia

23.08 gCO2/kWh

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Eritrea leads

Eritrea

0.02 per 100k people

Ethiopia

0.00 per 100k people

Government Debt (% GDP)Eritrea leads

Eritrea

132.8% of GDP

Ethiopia

31.4% of GDP

Vehicles per 1,000 PeopleEritrea leads

Eritrea

23.17 per 1k people

Ethiopia

6.6 per 1k people

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)Eritrea leads

Eritrea

1.0 per 1k

Ethiopia

0.30 per 1k

All Metrics

Solar Electricity Share

Eritrea

11.11%

Ethiopia

0.12%

9158% higher

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Eritrea

577.78 gCO2/kWh

Ethiopia

23.08 gCO2/kWh

2403% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Eritrea

0.02 per 100k people

Ethiopia

0.00 per 100k people

433% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Eritrea

132.8% of GDP

Ethiopia

31.4% of GDP

323% higher

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Eritrea

23.17 per 1k people

Ethiopia

6.6 per 1k people

249% higher

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Eritrea

1.0 per 1k

Ethiopia

0.30 per 1k

233% higher

Official Languages Count

Eritrea

3.0

Ethiopia

1.0

200% higher

Water Stress (%)

Eritrea

20.79%

Ethiopia

8.6%

140% higher

Suicide Rate

Eritrea

13.23 per 100k

Ethiopia

6.1 per 100k

118% higher

Air Passengers

Ethiopia

Eritrea

45.1K

Ethiopia

15.27M

100% lower

Scientific Publications

Ethiopia

Eritrea

34.32

Ethiopia

7.2K

100% lower

All-Time Olympic Medals

Ethiopia

Eritrea

1.0 medals

Ethiopia

62 medals

98% lower

Electricity Generation

Ethiopia

Eritrea

0.44 TWh

Ethiopia

18.26 TWh

98% lower

Total CO2 Emissions

Ethiopia

Eritrea

0.78 Mt CO2e

Ethiopia

19.36 Mt CO2e

96% lower

Electric Generating Capacity

Ethiopia

Eritrea

243.0K kW

Ethiopia

5.69M kW

96% lower

Population

Ethiopia

Eritrea

6.42M

Ethiopia

121.37M

95% lower

Forest Area

Ethiopia

Eritrea

10.5K km²

Ethiopia

168.5K km²

94% lower

Water Withdrawal

Ethiopia

Eritrea

0.58 B m³

Ethiopia

10.55 B m³

94% lower

Freedom of Expression Index

Ethiopia

Eritrea

0.02

Ethiopia

0.28

92% lower

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Ethiopia

Eritrea

1.0 sites

Ethiopia

12 sites

92% lower

Comparison of Eritrea and Ethiopia across 86 metrics
				Winner
Solar Electricity Share	11.11%	0.12%	9158% higher	Eritrea
Electricity Carbon Intensity	577.78 gCO2/kWh	23.08 gCO2/kWh	2403% higher	Eritrea
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.02 per 100k people	0.00 per 100k people	433% higher	Eritrea
Government Debt (% GDP)	132.8% of GDP	31.4% of GDP	323% higher	Eritrea
Vehicles per 1,000 People	23.17 per 1k people	6.6 per 1k people	249% higher	Eritrea
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.0 per 1k	0.30 per 1k	233% higher	Eritrea
Official Languages Count	3.0	1.0	200% higher	Eritrea
Water Stress (%)	20.79%	8.6%	140% higher	Eritrea
Suicide Rate	13.23 per 100k	6.1 per 100k	118% higher	Eritrea
Air Passengers	45.1K	15.27M	100% lower	Ethiopia
Scientific Publications	34.32	7.2K	100% lower	Ethiopia
All-Time Olympic Medals	1.0 medals	62 medals	98% lower	Ethiopia
Electricity Generation	0.44 TWh	18.26 TWh	98% lower	Ethiopia
Total CO2 Emissions	0.78 Mt CO2e	19.36 Mt CO2e	96% lower	Ethiopia
Electric Generating Capacity	243.0K kW	5.69M kW	96% lower	Ethiopia
Population	6.42M	121.37M	95% lower	Ethiopia
Forest Area	10.5K km²	168.5K km²	94% lower	Ethiopia
Water Withdrawal	0.58 B m³	10.55 B m³	94% lower	Ethiopia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.02	0.28	92% lower	Ethiopia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	12 sites	92% lower	Ethiopia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.01	0.10	91% lower	Ethiopia
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.24% of youth labor force	5.4% of youth labor force	91% higher	Eritrea
Land Area	121.2K km²	1.13M km²	89% lower	Ethiopia
Irrigated Land	210 km²	1.8K km²	88% lower	Ethiopia
Agricultural Land (%)	62.65%	34.08%	84% higher	Eritrea
Nurses & Midwives	1.4 per 1k	0.75 per 1k	84% higher	Eritrea
Women's Political Empowerment	0.15	0.69	78% lower	Ethiopia
Obesity Rate	4.2%	2.4%	75% higher	Eritrea
Population Density	28.64 /km²	114.04 /km²	75% lower	Ethiopia
Milk Consumption per Person	11.57 kg/person/yr	44.14 kg/person/yr	74% lower	Ethiopia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.07	0.26	73% lower	Ethiopia
Beer Consumption	0.32 L/person/yr	1.0 L/person/yr	69% lower	Ethiopia
Land Border Length	1.8K km	5.9K km	69% lower	Ethiopia
Airports	19	58	67% lower	Ethiopia
Corruption Perceptions Index	13 pts	38 pts	66% lower	Ethiopia
Inflation Rate	7.4%	21%	65% lower	Ethiopia
Alcohol Consumption	1.1 L/adult/yr	3.1 L/adult/yr	65% lower	Ethiopia
Unemployment Rate	5.6%	3.4%	63% higher	Eritrea
CO2 Per Capita	0.21 t/person/yr	0.14 t/person/yr	55% higher	Eritrea
Railway Length	306 km	659 km	54% lower	Ethiopia
Border Neighbors	3.0	6.0	50% lower	Ethiopia
Armed Forces Personnel	202.0K	138.0K	46% higher	Eritrea
Urban Population (%)	34.54%	23.62%	46% higher	Eritrea
Political Corruption Index	0.75	0.53	42% higher	Eritrea
Forest Coverage (%)	8.6%	14.93%	42% lower	Ethiopia
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.09 per 1k	0.14 per 1k	36% lower	Ethiopia
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.9% of GDP	2.9% of GDP	36% higher	Eritrea
Highest Elevation	3.0K m	4.5K m	34% lower	Ethiopia
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	33% lower	Ethiopia
Elderly Population (%)	4.2%	3.2%	30% higher	Eritrea
Infant Mortality	25.5 per 1k births	35.7 per 1k births	29% lower	Ethiopia
Insufficient Physical Activity	11.97% of adults	9.4% of adults	27% higher	Eritrea
Merchant Fleet Size	9.0	12	25% lower	Ethiopia
Child Mortality	35.4 per 1k births	46.5 per 1k births	24% lower	Ethiopia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	289.55 kg oil eq/person	377.92 kg oil eq/person	23% lower	Ethiopia
Food Waste per Person	132.67 kg/person/yr	110.06 kg/person/yr	21% higher	Eritrea
Internet Users (%)	20%	17%	18% higher	Eritrea
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	32.35 µg/m³	27.31 µg/m³	18% higher	Eritrea
Death Rate	6.4 per 1k	5.6 per 1k	15% higher	Eritrea
Renewable Energy (%)	80.7%	90.6%	11% lower	Ethiopia
Birth Rate	25.92 per 1k	29.08 per 1k	11% lower	Ethiopia
Fertility Rate	3.4 children/woman	3.8 children/woman	11% lower	Ethiopia
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	102.36 kWh/person	92.44 kWh/person	11% higher	Eritrea
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	59 per 100 people	65 per 100 people	9% lower	Ethiopia
Teen Birth Rate	65.18 per 1k	69.86 per 1k	7% lower	Ethiopia
Electricity Access (%)	54.4%	55.4%	2% lower	Ethiopia
Life Expectancy	68.6 years	67.3 years	2% higher	Eritrea
Youth Population (%)	38.14%	39.06%	2% lower	Ethiopia
Human Development Index	0.50	0.50	1% higher	Eritrea
Capital Elevation	2.3K m	2.4K m	1% lower	Ethiopia
Spirits Consumption	0 L/person/yr	0.14 L/person/yr	ranked lower	Ethiopia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	12 days/yr	12 days/yr	equal	Eritrea
Dependency Ratio	73.43% of working-age pop.	73.28% of working-age pop.	equal	Eritrea
Coastline Length	2.2K km	0 km	ranked higher	Eritrea
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Eritrea
Wind Electricity Share	0%	3.3%	ranked lower	Ethiopia
Median Age	18.7 years	18.7 years	equal	Ethiopia
Protected Land (%)	0%	17%	ranked lower	Ethiopia
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	equal	Eritrea
Health Spending Per Capita	$27.08	$27.07	equal	Eritrea
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.01 per 1M people	ranked lower	Ethiopia
Lowest Elevation	-75 m	-125 m	ranked higher	Eritrea
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	13% of GDP	-0.9% of GDP	ranked higher	Eritrea
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.7 per 100k	17.7 per 100k	equal	Eritrea
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	0 gold medals	24 gold medals	ranked lower	Ethiopia
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Eritrea

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Analysis

Ethiopia leads in 48 of 86 shared metrics, while Eritrea leads in 38.

Eritrea's Solar Electricity Share is 91.6x that of Ethiopia (11.11% vs 0.12%).

Eritrea's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 24.0x that of Ethiopia (577.78 gCO2/kWh vs 23.08 gCO2/kWh).

Eritrea's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 4.3x that of Ethiopia (0.02 per 100k people vs 0.00 per 100k people).

Eritrea's Government Debt (% GDP) is 3.2x that of Ethiopia (132.8% of GDP vs 31.4% of GDP).

Eritrea's Vehicles per 1,000 People is 2.5x that of Ethiopia (23.17 per 1k people vs 6.6 per 1k people).

Key Comparisons

Solar Electricity ShareEritrea leads

Eritrea

11.11%

Ethiopia

0.12%

Electricity Carbon IntensityEritrea leads

Eritrea

577.78 gCO2/kWh

Ethiopia

23.08 gCO2/kWh

Eritrea

0.02 per 100k people

Ethiopia

0.00 per 100k people

Government Debt (% GDP)Eritrea leads

Eritrea

132.8% of GDP

Ethiopia

31.4% of GDP

Vehicles per 1,000 PeopleEritrea leads

Eritrea

23.17 per 1k people

Ethiopia

6.6 per 1k people

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)Eritrea leads

Eritrea

1.0 per 1k

Ethiopia

0.30 per 1k

Solar Electricity Share

11.11%

0.12%

Electricity Carbon Intensity

577.78 gCO2/kWh

23.08 gCO2/kWh

0.02 per 100k people

0.00 per 100k people

Government Debt (% GDP)

132.8% of GDP

31.4% of GDP

Vehicles per 1,000 People

23.17 per 1k people

6.6 per 1k people

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

1.0 per 1k

0.30 per 1k

Official Languages Count

3.0

1.0

Water Stress (%)

20.79%

8.6%

Suicide Rate

13.23 per 100k

6.1 per 100k

Air Passengers

45.1K

15.27M

Scientific Publications

34.32

7.2K

All-Time Olympic Medals

1.0 medals

62 medals

Electricity Generation

0.44 TWh

18.26 TWh

Total CO2 Emissions

0.78 Mt CO2e

19.36 Mt CO2e

Electric Generating Capacity

243.0K kW

5.69M kW

Population

6.42M

121.37M

Forest Area

10.5K km²

168.5K km²

Water Withdrawal

0.58 B m³

10.55 B m³

Freedom of Expression Index

0.02

0.28

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

1.0 sites

12 sites

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Solar Electricity Share

Electricity Carbon Intensity

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Government Debt (% GDP)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Official Languages Count

Water Stress (%)

Suicide Rate

Air Passengers

Scientific Publications

All-Time Olympic Medals

Electricity Generation

Total CO2 Emissions

Electric Generating Capacity

Population

Forest Area

Water Withdrawal

Freedom of Expression Index

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Liberal Democracy Index

Youth Unemployment Rate

Land Area

Irrigated Land

Agricultural Land (%)

Nurses & Midwives

Women's Political Empowerment

Obesity Rate

Population Density

Milk Consumption per Person

Electoral Democracy Index

Beer Consumption

Land Border Length

Airports

Corruption Perceptions Index

Inflation Rate

Alcohol Consumption

Unemployment Rate

CO2 Per Capita

Railway Length

Border Neighbors

Armed Forces Personnel

Urban Population (%)

Political Corruption Index

Forest Coverage (%)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Highest Elevation

Time Zones Count

Elderly Population (%)

Infant Mortality

Insufficient Physical Activity

Merchant Fleet Size

Child Mortality

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Food Waste per Person

Internet Users (%)

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Death Rate

Renewable Energy (%)

Birth Rate

Fertility Rate

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Electricity Access (%)

Life Expectancy

Youth Population (%)

Human Development Index

Capital Elevation

Spirits Consumption

Minimum Paid Vacation Days