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Ethiopia vs South Sudan

89 shared metrics.

EthiopiaLeads in 57

vs89 shared

South SudanLeads in 32

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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

South Sudan

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of South Sudan.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: self-descriptive name from the country's geographic position within Sudan prior to independence.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Ethiopia leads in 57 of 89 shared metrics, while South Sudan leads in 32.

Ethiopia's Scientific Publications is 435.9x that of South Sudan (7.2K vs 16.38).

Ethiopia's Electric Generating Capacity is 40.8x that of South Sudan (5.69M kW vs 136.0K kW).

Ethiopia's Electricity Generation is 29.9x that of South Sudan (18.26 TWh vs 0.59 TWh).

Ethiopia's Water Withdrawal is 15.0x that of South Sudan (10.55 B m³ vs 0.66 B m³).

Ethiopia's Mobile Money Accounts is 10.1x that of South Sudan (9.5% of adults vs 0.85% of adults).

Key Comparisons

Scientific PublicationsEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

7.2K

South Sudan

16.38

Electric Generating CapacityEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

5.69M kW

South Sudan

136.0K kW

Electricity GenerationEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

18.26 TWh

South Sudan

0.59 TWh

Water WithdrawalEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

10.55 B m³

South Sudan

0.66 B m³

Mobile Money AccountsEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

9.5% of adults

South Sudan

0.85% of adults

ATMs per 100,000 AdultsEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

10.23 per 100k

South Sudan

0.93 per 100k

All Metrics

Scientific Publications

Ethiopia

7.2K

South Sudan

16.38

43587% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Ethiopia

5.69M kW

South Sudan

136.0K kW

4084% higher

Electricity Generation

Ethiopia

18.26 TWh

South Sudan

0.59 TWh

2995% higher

Water Withdrawal

Ethiopia

10.55 B m³

South Sudan

0.66 B m³

1503% higher

Mobile Money Accounts

Ethiopia

9.5% of adults

South Sudan

0.85% of adults

1012% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Ethiopia

10.23 per 100k

South Sudan

0.93 per 100k

997% higher

Electricity Access (%)

Ethiopia

55.4%

South Sudan

5.4%

926% higher

Population

Ethiopia

121.37M

South Sudan

12.70M

855% higher

Population Density

Ethiopia

114.04 /km²

South Sudan

18.17 /km²

528% higher

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Ethiopia

377.92 kg oil eq/person

South Sudan

69.04 kg oil eq/person

447% higher

Digital Payments Used

Ethiopia

20.66% of adults

South Sudan

4.8% of adults

329% higher

Capital Elevation

Ethiopia

2.4K m

South Sudan

550 m

328% higher

Corruption Perceptions Index

Ethiopia

38 pts

South Sudan

9.0 pts

322% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Ethiopia

0.14 per 1k

South Sudan

0.04 per 1k

250% higher

Water Stress (%)

Ethiopia

8.6%

South Sudan

2.5%

242% higher

Renewable Energy (%)

Ethiopia

90.6%

South Sudan

32.4%

180% higher

Railway Length

Ethiopia

659 km

South Sudan

248 km

166% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Ethiopia

0.40% of adults

South Sudan

0.15% of adults

162% higher

Armed Forces Personnel

Ethiopia

138.0K

South Sudan

53.0K

160% higher

Forest Area

Ethiopia

168.5K km²

South Sudan

71.6K km²

135% higher

Comparison of Ethiopia and South Sudan across 89 metrics
				Winner
Scientific Publications	7.2K	16.38	43587% higher	Ethiopia
Electric Generating Capacity	5.69M kW	136.0K kW	4084% higher	Ethiopia
Electricity Generation	18.26 TWh	0.59 TWh	2995% higher	Ethiopia
Water Withdrawal	10.55 B m³	0.66 B m³	1503% higher	Ethiopia
Mobile Money Accounts	9.5% of adults	0.85% of adults	1012% higher	Ethiopia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	10.23 per 100k	0.93 per 100k	997% higher	Ethiopia
Electricity Access (%)	55.4%	5.4%	926% higher	Ethiopia
Population	121.37M	12.70M	855% higher	Ethiopia
Population Density	114.04 /km²	18.17 /km²	528% higher	Ethiopia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	377.92 kg oil eq/person	69.04 kg oil eq/person	447% higher	Ethiopia
Digital Payments Used	20.66% of adults	4.8% of adults	329% higher	Ethiopia
Capital Elevation	2.4K m	550 m	328% higher	Ethiopia
Corruption Perceptions Index	38 pts	9.0 pts	322% higher	Ethiopia
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.14 per 1k	0.04 per 1k	250% higher	Ethiopia
Water Stress (%)	8.6%	2.5%	242% higher	Ethiopia
Renewable Energy (%)	90.6%	32.4%	180% higher	Ethiopia
Railway Length	659 km	248 km	166% higher	Ethiopia
Credit Card Ownership	0.40% of adults	0.15% of adults	162% higher	Ethiopia
Armed Forces Personnel	138.0K	53.0K	160% higher	Ethiopia
Forest Area	168.5K km²	71.6K km²	135% higher	Ethiopia
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	92.44 kWh/person	46.91 kWh/person	97% higher	Ethiopia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	23.08 gCO2/kWh	642.86 gCO2/kWh	96% lower	South Sudan
Solar Electricity Share	0.12%	1.8%	93% lower	South Sudan
Electoral Democracy Index	0.26	0.13	93% higher	Ethiopia
Internet Users (%)	17%	9.0%	89% higher	Ethiopia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.28	0.15	84% higher	Ethiopia
Seafood Consumption per Person	0.53 kg/person/yr	3.1 kg/person/yr	83% lower	South Sudan
Irrigated Land	1.8K km²	1.0K km²	81% higher	Ethiopia
Land Area	1.13M km²	631.9K km²	79% higher	Ethiopia
Inflation Rate	21%	91.4%	77% lower	South Sudan
Unemployment Rate	3.4%	12.48%	73% lower	South Sudan
Youth Unemployment Rate	5.4% of youth labor force	18.52% of youth labor force	71% lower	South Sudan
Obesity Rate	2.4%	8.0%	70% lower	South Sudan
Military Spending	0.65% of GDP	2.0% of GDP	67% lower	South Sudan
Government Debt (% GDP)	31.4% of GDP	86.6% of GDP	64% lower	South Sudan
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.9% of GDP	6.8% of GDP	58% lower	South Sudan
Liberal Democracy Index	0.10	0.06	56% higher	Ethiopia
Firms with Female Top Manager	16.44% of firms	10.55% of firms	56% higher	Ethiopia
Child Mortality	46.5 per 1k births	98.7 per 1k births	53% lower	South Sudan
Infant Mortality	35.7 per 1k births	72.6 per 1k births	51% lower	South Sudan
Firms Making Informal Payments	11.13% of firms	22.82% of firms	51% lower	South Sudan
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% higher	Ethiopia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.69	0.48	45% higher	Ethiopia
Health Spending Per Capita	$27.07	$49.41	45% lower	South Sudan
Highest Elevation	4.5K m	3.2K m	43% higher	Ethiopia
Insufficient Physical Activity	9.4% of adults	16.26% of adults	42% lower	South Sudan
Political Corruption Index	0.53	0.89	41% lower	South Sudan
Can Raise Emergency Money	85.97% of adults	60.93% of adults	41% higher	Ethiopia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	12 days/yr	20 days/yr	40% lower	South Sudan
Airports	58	96	40% lower	South Sudan
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	65 per 100 people	46.62 per 100 people	39% higher	Ethiopia
Death Rate	5.6 per 1k	8.7 per 1k	35% lower	South Sudan
Firms Asked for Bribes	17.68% of firms	27.39% of firms	35% lower	South Sudan
Forest Coverage (%)	14.93%	11.33%	32% higher	Ethiopia
Human Development Index	0.50	0.39	28% higher	Ethiopia
Teen Birth Rate	69.86 per 1k	97.13 per 1k	28% lower	South Sudan
Women in Parliament (%)	41.31%	32.36%	28% higher	Ethiopia
Sanitation Access (%)	10.36%	14.43%	28% lower	South Sudan
Firms Hit by Power Outages	85.87% of firms	68.37% of firms	26% higher	Ethiopia
Agricultural Land (%)	34.08%	44.86%	24% lower	South Sudan
Fertility Rate	3.8 children/woman	5.0 children/woman	24% lower	South Sudan
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.7 per 100k	23.3 per 100k	24% lower	South Sudan
Suicide Rate	6.1 per 100k	7.9 per 100k	23% lower	South Sudan
Birth Rate	29.08 per 1k	35.68 per 1k	18% lower	South Sudan
Life Expectancy	67.3 years	57.6 years	17% higher	Ethiopia
Food Waste per Person	110.06 kg/person/yr	132.78 kg/person/yr	17% lower	South Sudan
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	27.31 µg/m³	30.74 µg/m³	11% lower	South Sudan
Urban Population (%)	23.62%	21.38%	11% higher	Ethiopia
Protected Land (%)	17%	15.4%	10% higher	Ethiopia
Elderly Population (%)	3.2%	3.0%	8% higher	Ethiopia
Nurses & Midwives	0.75 per 1k	0.71 per 1k	5% higher	Ethiopia
CO2 Per Capita	0.14 t/person/yr	0.14 t/person/yr	5% lower	South Sudan
Median Age	18.7 years	18.0 years	4% higher	Ethiopia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	6.6 per 1k people	6.4 per 1k people	3% higher	Ethiopia
Dependency Ratio	73.28% of working-age pop.	72.14% of working-age pop.	2% higher	Ethiopia
Land Border Length	5.9K km	6.0K km	2% lower	South Sudan
Coastline Length	0 km	0 km	ranked higher	Ethiopia
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Ethiopia
Wind Electricity Share	3.3%	0%	ranked higher	Ethiopia
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	equal	Ethiopia
Youth Population (%)	39.06%	38.92%	equal	Ethiopia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.01 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Ethiopia
Lowest Elevation	-125 m	381 m	ranked lower	South Sudan
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Ethiopia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-0.9% of GDP	-4% 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
Border Neighbors	6.0	6.0	equal	Ethiopia

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Analysis

Ethiopia leads in 57 of 89 shared metrics, while South Sudan leads in 32.

Ethiopia's Scientific Publications is 435.9x that of South Sudan (7.2K vs 16.38).

Ethiopia's Electric Generating Capacity is 40.8x that of South Sudan (5.69M kW vs 136.0K kW).

Ethiopia's Electricity Generation is 29.9x that of South Sudan (18.26 TWh vs 0.59 TWh).

Ethiopia's Water Withdrawal is 15.0x that of South Sudan (10.55 B m³ vs 0.66 B m³).

Ethiopia's Mobile Money Accounts is 10.1x that of South Sudan (9.5% of adults vs 0.85% of adults).

Key Comparisons

Scientific PublicationsEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

7.2K

South Sudan

16.38

Electric Generating CapacityEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

5.69M kW

South Sudan

136.0K kW

Electricity GenerationEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

18.26 TWh

South Sudan

0.59 TWh

Water WithdrawalEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

10.55 B m³

South Sudan

0.66 B m³

Mobile Money AccountsEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

9.5% of adults

South Sudan

0.85% of adults

ATMs per 100,000 AdultsEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

10.23 per 100k

South Sudan

0.93 per 100k

Scientific Publications

7.2K

16.38

Electric Generating Capacity

5.69M kW

136.0K kW

Electricity Generation

18.26 TWh

0.59 TWh

Water Withdrawal

10.55 B m³

0.66 B m³

Mobile Money Accounts

9.5% of adults

0.85% of adults

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

10.23 per 100k

0.93 per 100k

Electricity Access (%)

55.4%

5.4%

Population

121.37M

12.70M

Population Density

114.04 /km²

18.17 /km²

Energy Use (Per Capita)

377.92 kg oil eq/person

69.04 kg oil eq/person

Digital Payments Used

20.66% of adults

4.8% of adults

Capital Elevation

2.4K m

550 m

Corruption Perceptions Index

38 pts

9.0 pts

Doctors (per 1,000)

0.14 per 1k

0.04 per 1k

Water Stress (%)

8.6%

2.5%

Renewable Energy (%)

90.6%

32.4%

Railway Length

659 km

248 km

Credit Card Ownership

0.40% of adults

0.15% of adults

Armed Forces Personnel

138.0K

53.0K

Forest Area

168.5K km²

71.6K km²

Ethiopia vs South Sudan

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Scientific Publications

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Generation

Water Withdrawal

Mobile Money Accounts

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Electricity Access (%)

Population

Population Density

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Digital Payments Used

Capital Elevation

Corruption Perceptions Index

Doctors (per 1,000)

Water Stress (%)

Renewable Energy (%)

Railway Length

Credit Card Ownership

Armed Forces Personnel

Forest Area

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Solar Electricity Share

Electoral Democracy Index

Internet Users (%)

Freedom of Expression Index

Seafood Consumption per Person

Irrigated Land

Land Area

Inflation Rate

Unemployment Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate

Obesity Rate

Military Spending

Government Debt (% GDP)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Liberal Democracy Index

Firms with Female Top Manager

Child Mortality

Infant Mortality

Firms Making Informal Payments

Time Zones Count

Women's Political Empowerment

Health Spending Per Capita

Highest Elevation

Insufficient Physical Activity

Political Corruption Index

Can Raise Emergency Money

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Airports

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Death Rate

Firms Asked for Bribes

Forest Coverage (%)

Human Development Index

Teen Birth Rate

Women in Parliament (%)

Sanitation Access (%)

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Agricultural Land (%)

Fertility Rate

Road Traffic Death Rate

Suicide Rate

Birth Rate

Life Expectancy

Food Waste per Person

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Urban Population (%)

Protected Land (%)

Elderly Population (%)

Nurses & Midwives

CO2 Per Capita