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Ethiopia vs Somalia

103 shared metrics.

EthiopiaLeads in 59

vs103 shared

SomaliaLeads in 44

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

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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

Somalia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Federal Republic of Somalia.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the name means "Land of the Somali," a local ethnic group.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Ethiopia leads in 59 of 103 shared metrics, while Somalia leads in 44.

Ethiopia's Government Debt (% GDP) is 62799.0x that of Somalia (31.4% of GDP vs 0.00% of GDP).

Ethiopia's Tax Revenue (% GDP) is 33981.0x that of Somalia (3.4% of GDP vs 0.00% of GDP).

Ethiopia's Broadband Access (%) is 278.4x that of Somalia (202 per 100 people vs 0.72 per 100 people).

Ethiopia's Capital Elevation is 260.7x that of Somalia (2.4K m vs 9.0 m).

Ethiopia's Scientific Publications is 66.2x that of Somalia (7.2K vs 106.49).

Key Comparisons

Government Debt (% GDP)Ethiopia leads

Ethiopia

31.4% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

Tax Revenue (% GDP)Ethiopia leads

Ethiopia

3.4% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

Broadband Access (%)Ethiopia leads

Ethiopia

202 per 100 people

Somalia

0.72 per 100 people

Capital ElevationEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

2.4K m

Somalia

9.0 m

Scientific PublicationsEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

7.2K

Somalia

106.49

Electricity GenerationEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

18.26 TWh

Somalia

0.42 TWh

All Metrics

Government Debt (% GDP)

Ethiopia

31.4% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

6279900% higher

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Ethiopia

3.4% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

3398100% higher

Broadband Access (%)

Ethiopia

202 per 100 people

Somalia

0.72 per 100 people

27839% higher

Capital Elevation

Ethiopia

2.4K m

Somalia

9.0 m

26067% higher

Scientific Publications

Ethiopia

7.2K

Somalia

106.49

6620% higher

Electricity Generation

Ethiopia

18.26 TWh

Somalia

0.42 TWh

4248% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Ethiopia

5.69M kW

Somalia

156.0K kW

3547% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Ethiopia

19.36 Mt CO2e

Somalia

0.87 Mt CO2e

2138% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Ethiopia

$149,740,297,952.99

Somalia

$11,967,000,000

1151% higher

Armed Forces Personnel

Ethiopia

138.0K

Somalia

14.0K

886% higher

Population

Ethiopia

121.37M

Somalia

20.32M

497% higher

Corruption Perceptions Index

Ethiopia

38 pts

Somalia

9.0 pts

322% higher

Population Density

Ethiopia

114.04 /km²

Somalia

29.26 /km²

290% higher

Water Withdrawal

Ethiopia

10.55 B m³

Somalia

3.3 B m³

220% higher

Inflation Rate

Ethiopia

21%

Somalia

6.8%

209% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Ethiopia

Somalia

4.0

200% higher

Border Neighbors

Ethiopia

6.0

Somalia

2.0

200% higher

Forest Area

Ethiopia

168.5K km²

Somalia

57.5K km²

193% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Ethiopia

0.14 per 1k

Somalia

0.05 per 1k

180% higher

Land Border Length

Ethiopia

5.9K km

Somalia

2.4K km

148% higher

Comparison of Ethiopia and Somalia across 103 metrics
				Winner
Government Debt (% GDP)	31.4% of GDP	0.00% of GDP	6279900% higher	Ethiopia
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	3.4% of GDP	0.00% of GDP	3398100% higher	Ethiopia
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	0.72 per 100 people	27839% higher	Ethiopia
Capital Elevation	2.4K m	9.0 m	26067% higher	Ethiopia
Scientific Publications	7.2K	106.49	6620% higher	Ethiopia
Electricity Generation	18.26 TWh	0.42 TWh	4248% higher	Ethiopia
Electric Generating Capacity	5.69M kW	156.0K kW	3547% higher	Ethiopia
Total CO2 Emissions	19.36 Mt CO2e	0.87 Mt CO2e	2138% higher	Ethiopia
GDP (Nominal)	$149,740,297,952.99	$11,967,000,000	1151% higher	Ethiopia
Armed Forces Personnel	138.0K	14.0K	886% higher	Ethiopia
Population	121.37M	20.32M	497% higher	Ethiopia
Corruption Perceptions Index	38 pts	9.0 pts	322% higher	Ethiopia
Population Density	114.04 /km²	29.26 /km²	290% higher	Ethiopia
Water Withdrawal	10.55 B m³	3.3 B m³	220% higher	Ethiopia
Inflation Rate	21%	6.8%	209% higher	Ethiopia
Merchant Fleet Size	12	4.0	200% higher	Ethiopia
Border Neighbors	6.0	2.0	200% higher	Ethiopia
Forest Area	168.5K km²	57.5K km²	193% higher	Ethiopia
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.14 per 1k	0.05 per 1k	180% higher	Ethiopia
Land Border Length	5.9K km	2.4K km	148% higher	Ethiopia
Women in Parliament (%)	41.31%	19.64%	110% higher	Ethiopia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.69	0.34	105% higher	Ethiopia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$3,287.53	$1,601.96	105% higher	Ethiopia
Can Raise Emergency Money	85.97% of adults	41.92% of adults	105% higher	Ethiopia
Solar Electricity Share	0.12%	18.6%	99% lower	Somalia
CO2 Per Capita	0.14 t/person/yr	0.07 t/person/yr	95% higher	Ethiopia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	23.08 gCO2/kWh	511.63 gCO2/kWh	95% lower	Somalia
Imports (% GDP)	11.86% of GDP	99.11% of GDP	88% lower	Somalia
GDP Growth Rate	7.6%	4.1%	85% higher	Ethiopia
Highest Elevation	4.5K m	2.5K m	85% higher	Ethiopia
Water Stress (%)	8.6%	54.97%	84% lower	Somalia
Youth Unemployment Rate	5.4% of youth labor force	34.23% of youth labor force	84% lower	Somalia
Exports (% GDP)	5.5% of GDP	31.21% of GDP	82% lower	Somalia
Unemployment Rate	3.4%	18.86%	82% lower	Somalia
Obesity Rate	2.4%	12.7%	81% lower	Somalia
Land Area	1.13M km²	627.3K km²	80% higher	Ethiopia
Firms with Female Top Manager	16.44% of firms	9.2% of firms	79% higher	Ethiopia
GNI Per Capita	$1,100	$620	77% higher	Ethiopia
Sanitation Access (%)	10.36%	44.46%	77% lower	Somalia
Health Spending Per Capita	$27.07	$15.35	76% higher	Ethiopia
Mobile Money Accounts	9.5% of adults	37.07% of adults	74% lower	Somalia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	0.30 per 1k	0.90 per 1k	67% lower	Somalia
Forest Coverage (%)	14.93%	9.2%	63% higher	Ethiopia
Firms Hit by Power Outages	85.87% of firms	52.56% of firms	63% higher	Ethiopia
Military Spending	0.65% of GDP	1.6% of GDP	59% lower	Somalia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.7% of GDP	6.4% of GDP	58% lower	Somalia
Urban Population (%)	23.62%	54.62%	57% lower	Somalia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.26	0.17	56% higher	Ethiopia
Child Mortality	46.5 per 1k births	104 per 1k births	55% lower	Somalia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.28	0.62	54% lower	Somalia
Agricultural Land (%)	34.08%	70.34%	52% lower	Somalia
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% higher	Ethiopia
Death Rate	5.6 per 1k	11.22 per 1k	50% lower	Somalia
Official Languages Count	1.0	2.0	50% lower	Somalia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	6.6 per 1k people	4.5 per 1k people	49% higher	Ethiopia
Insufficient Physical Activity	9.4% of adults	18.1% of adults	48% lower	Somalia
Infant Mortality	35.7 per 1k births	67.8 per 1k births	47% lower	Somalia
Digital Payments Used	20.66% of adults	38.11% of adults	46% lower	Somalia
Airports	58	40	45% higher	Ethiopia
Wind Electricity Share	3.3%	2.3%	42% higher	Ethiopia
Fertility Rate	3.8 children/woman	6.4 children/woman	41% lower	Somalia
Teen Birth Rate	69.86 per 1k	117.1 per 1k	40% lower	Somalia
Political Corruption Index	0.53	0.87	39% lower	Somalia
Internet Users (%)	17%	28%	39% lower	Somalia
Birth Rate	29.08 per 1k	46.36 per 1k	37% lower	Somalia
Credit Card Ownership	0.40% of adults	0.59% of adults	32% lower	Somalia
Firms Making Informal Payments	11.13% of firms	16.24% of firms	31% lower	Somalia
Elderly Population (%)	3.2%	2.6%	25% higher	Ethiopia
Dependency Ratio	73.28% of working-age pop.	96.79% of working-age pop.	24% lower	Somalia
Suicide Rate	6.1 per 100k	8.0 per 100k	24% lower	Somalia
Human Development Index	0.50	0.40	23% higher	Ethiopia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.10	0.13	22% lower	Somalia
Firms Asked for Bribes	17.68% of firms	14.44% of firms	22% higher	Ethiopia
Median Age	18.7 years	15.4 years	21% higher	Ethiopia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	65 per 100 people	54 per 100 people	20% higher	Ethiopia
Food Waste per Person	110.06 kg/person/yr	132.83 kg/person/yr	17% lower	Somalia
Youth Population (%)	39.06%	46.59%	16% lower	Somalia
Life Expectancy	67.3 years	58.8 years	14% higher	Ethiopia
Adult Literacy Rate	60.46%	54.12%	12% higher	Ethiopia
Life Evaluation Score	4.0 pts	4.5 pts	12% lower	Somalia
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.7 per 100k	20.2 per 100k	12% lower	Somalia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	27.31 µg/m³	24.53 µg/m³	11% higher	Ethiopia
Electricity Access (%)	55.4%	50.3%	10% higher	Ethiopia
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.9% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	9% higher	Ethiopia
Irrigated Land	1.8K km²	2.0K km²	9% lower	Somalia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	12 days/yr	13 days/yr	8% lower	Somalia
Average Weekly Work Hours	31.92 hrs/week	33.94 hrs/week	6% lower	Somalia
Renewable Energy (%)	90.6%	95.4%	5% lower	Somalia
Informal Employment Share	77.65% of employed people	81.94% of employed people	5% lower	Somalia
Women in Senior Management	27% of managers	27.68% of managers	2% lower	Somalia
Beer Consumption	1.0 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Ethiopia
Spirits Consumption	0.14 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Ethiopia
Coastline Length	0 km	3.0K km	ranked lower	Somalia
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Ethiopia
Protected Land (%)	17%	0%	ranked higher	Ethiopia
Alcohol Consumption	3.1 L/adult/yr	0 L/adult/yr	ranked higher	Ethiopia
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.3% of GDP	0% of GDP	ranked higher	Ethiopia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.01 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Ethiopia
Lowest Elevation	-125 m	0 m	ranked lower	Somalia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-0.9% of GDP	-9.5% of GDP	ranked higher	Ethiopia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	12 sites	0 sites	ranked higher	Ethiopia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.00 per 100k people	0 per 100k people	ranked higher	Ethiopia
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Ethiopia

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Analysis

Ethiopia leads in 59 of 103 shared metrics, while Somalia leads in 44.

Ethiopia's Government Debt (% GDP) is 62799.0x that of Somalia (31.4% of GDP vs 0.00% of GDP).

Ethiopia's Tax Revenue (% GDP) is 33981.0x that of Somalia (3.4% of GDP vs 0.00% of GDP).

Ethiopia's Broadband Access (%) is 278.4x that of Somalia (202 per 100 people vs 0.72 per 100 people).

Ethiopia's Capital Elevation is 260.7x that of Somalia (2.4K m vs 9.0 m).

Ethiopia's Scientific Publications is 66.2x that of Somalia (7.2K vs 106.49).

Key Comparisons

Government Debt (% GDP)Ethiopia leads

Ethiopia

31.4% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

Tax Revenue (% GDP)Ethiopia leads

Ethiopia

3.4% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

Broadband Access (%)Ethiopia leads

Ethiopia

202 per 100 people

Somalia

0.72 per 100 people

Capital ElevationEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

2.4K m

Somalia

9.0 m

Scientific PublicationsEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

7.2K

Somalia

106.49

Electricity GenerationEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

18.26 TWh

Somalia

0.42 TWh

Government Debt (% GDP)

31.4% of GDP

0.00% of GDP

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

3.4% of GDP

0.00% of GDP

Broadband Access (%)

202 per 100 people

0.72 per 100 people

Capital Elevation

2.4K m

9.0 m

Scientific Publications

7.2K

106.49

Electricity Generation

18.26 TWh

0.42 TWh

Electric Generating Capacity

5.69M kW

156.0K kW

Total CO2 Emissions

19.36 Mt CO2e

0.87 Mt CO2e

GDP (Nominal)

$149,740,297,952.99

$11,967,000,000

Armed Forces Personnel

138.0K

14.0K

Population

121.37M

20.32M

Corruption Perceptions Index

38 pts

9.0 pts

Population Density

114.04 /km²

29.26 /km²

Water Withdrawal

10.55 B m³

3.3 B m³

Inflation Rate

21%

6.8%

Merchant Fleet Size

4.0

Border Neighbors

6.0

2.0

Forest Area

168.5K km²

57.5K km²

Doctors (per 1,000)

0.14 per 1k

0.05 per 1k

Land Border Length

5.9K km

2.4K km

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Government Debt (% GDP)

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Broadband Access (%)

Capital Elevation

Scientific Publications

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

Total CO2 Emissions

GDP (Nominal)

Armed Forces Personnel

Population

Corruption Perceptions Index

Population Density

Water Withdrawal

Inflation Rate

Merchant Fleet Size

Border Neighbors

Forest Area

Doctors (per 1,000)

Land Border Length

Women in Parliament (%)

Women's Political Empowerment

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Can Raise Emergency Money

Solar Electricity Share

CO2 Per Capita

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Imports (% GDP)

GDP Growth Rate

Highest Elevation

Water Stress (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Exports (% GDP)

Unemployment Rate

Obesity Rate

Land Area

Firms with Female Top Manager

GNI Per Capita

Sanitation Access (%)

Health Spending Per Capita

Mobile Money Accounts

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Forest Coverage (%)

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Military Spending

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Urban Population (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

Child Mortality

Freedom of Expression Index

Agricultural Land (%)

Time Zones Count

Death Rate

Official Languages Count

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Insufficient Physical Activity

Infant Mortality

Digital Payments Used

Airports

Wind Electricity Share

Fertility Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Political Corruption Index

Internet Users (%)

Birth Rate

Credit Card Ownership

Firms Making Informal Payments

Elderly Population (%)

Dependency Ratio

Suicide Rate

Human Development Index

Liberal Democracy Index