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Ethiopia vs Sudan

109 shared metrics.

EthiopiaLeads in 49

vs109 shared

SudanLeads in 60

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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

Sudan

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of the Sudan.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the name derives from the Arabic balad-as-sudan, meaning "Land of the Black [peoples]".

CIA 2026

Analysis

Sudan leads in 60 of 109 shared metrics, while Ethiopia leads in 49.

Ethiopia's Beer Consumption is 794.6x that of Sudan (1.0 L/person/yr vs 0.00 L/person/yr).

Ethiopia's Alcohol Consumption is 305.0x that of Sudan (3.1 L/adult/yr vs 0.01 L/adult/yr).

Ethiopia's All-Time Olympic Medals is 61.0x that of Sudan (62 medals vs 1.0 medals).

Ethiopia's Spirits Consumption is 39.0x that of Sudan (0.14 L/person/yr vs 0.00 L/person/yr).

Ethiopia's Air Passengers is 15.8x that of Sudan (15.27M vs 911.1K).

Key Comparisons

Beer ConsumptionEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

1.0 L/person/yr

Sudan

0.00 L/person/yr

Alcohol ConsumptionEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

3.1 L/adult/yr

Sudan

0.01 L/adult/yr

All-Time Olympic MedalsEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

62 medals

Sudan

1.0 medals

Spirits ConsumptionEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

0.14 L/person/yr

Sudan

0.00 L/person/yr

Air PassengersEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

15.27M

Sudan

911.1K

Scientific PublicationsEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

7.2K

Sudan

507.12

All Metrics

Beer Consumption

Ethiopia

1.0 L/person/yr

Sudan

0.00 L/person/yr

79462% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Ethiopia

3.1 L/adult/yr

Sudan

0.01 L/adult/yr

30500% higher

All-Time Olympic Medals

Ethiopia

62 medals

Sudan

1.0 medals

6100% higher

Spirits Consumption

Ethiopia

0.14 L/person/yr

Sudan

0.00 L/person/yr

3903% higher

Air Passengers

Ethiopia

15.27M

Sudan

911.1K

1576% higher

Scientific Publications

Ethiopia

7.2K

Sudan

507.12

1311% higher

Imports (% GDP)

Ethiopia

11.86% of GDP

Sudan

1.3% of GDP

831% higher

Foreign Patents

Ethiopia

Sudan

7.0

671% higher

Exports (% GDP)

Ethiopia

5.5% of GDP

Sudan

0.72% of GDP

668% higher

Protected Land (%)

Ethiopia

17%

Sudan

2.3%

639% higher

Capital Elevation

Ethiopia

2.4K m

Sudan

382 m

516% higher

Firms with Female Top Manager

Ethiopia

16.44% of firms

Sudan

3.4% of firms

381% higher

Population Density

Ethiopia

114.04 /km²

Sudan

26.79 /km²

326% higher

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Ethiopia

12 sites

Sudan

3.0 sites

300% higher

Women's Political Empowerment

Ethiopia

0.69

Sudan

0.22

216% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Ethiopia

$149,740,297,952.99

Sudan

$49,672,435,513.11

201% higher

Time Zones Count

Ethiopia

3.0 time zones

Sudan

1.0 time zones

200% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Ethiopia

0.10

Sudan

0.03

194% higher

Corruption Perceptions Index

Ethiopia

38 pts

Sudan

14 pts

171% higher

Population

Ethiopia

121.37M

Sudan

50.47M

140% higher

Comparison of Ethiopia and Sudan across 109 metrics
				Winner
Beer Consumption	1.0 L/person/yr	0.00 L/person/yr	79462% higher	Ethiopia
Alcohol Consumption	3.1 L/adult/yr	0.01 L/adult/yr	30500% higher	Ethiopia
All-Time Olympic Medals	62 medals	1.0 medals	6100% higher	Ethiopia
Spirits Consumption	0.14 L/person/yr	0.00 L/person/yr	3903% higher	Ethiopia
Air Passengers	15.27M	911.1K	1576% higher	Ethiopia
Scientific Publications	7.2K	507.12	1311% higher	Ethiopia
Imports (% GDP)	11.86% of GDP	1.3% of GDP	831% higher	Ethiopia
Foreign Patents	54	7.0	671% higher	Ethiopia
Exports (% GDP)	5.5% of GDP	0.72% of GDP	668% higher	Ethiopia
Protected Land (%)	17%	2.3%	639% higher	Ethiopia
Capital Elevation	2.4K m	382 m	516% higher	Ethiopia
Firms with Female Top Manager	16.44% of firms	3.4% of firms	381% higher	Ethiopia
Population Density	114.04 /km²	26.79 /km²	326% higher	Ethiopia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	12 sites	3.0 sites	300% higher	Ethiopia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.69	0.22	216% higher	Ethiopia
GDP (Nominal)	$149,740,297,952.99	$49,672,435,513.11	201% higher	Ethiopia
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	200% higher	Ethiopia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.10	0.03	194% higher	Ethiopia
Corruption Perceptions Index	38 pts	14 pts	171% higher	Ethiopia
Population	121.37M	50.47M	140% higher	Ethiopia
Women in Senior Management	27% of managers	13.06% of managers	107% higher	Ethiopia
Water Stress (%)	8.6%	673.38%	99% lower	Sudan
Electoral Democracy Index	0.26	0.13	98% higher	Ethiopia
Domestic Patents	6.0	153	96% lower	Sudan
Suicide Rate	6.1 per 100k	3.2 per 100k	92% higher	Ethiopia
Firms Making Informal Payments	11.13% of firms	5.8% of firms	92% higher	Ethiopia
Railway Length	659 km	7.3K km	91% lower	Sudan
Solar Electricity Share	0.12%	1.1%	89% lower	Sudan
Irrigated Land	1.8K km²	15.5K km²	88% lower	Sudan
Can Raise Emergency Money	85.97% of adults	46.28% of adults	86% higher	Ethiopia
Inflation Rate	21%	138.8%	85% lower	Sudan
Electricity Carbon Intensity	23.08 gCO2/kWh	153.69 gCO2/kWh	85% lower	Sudan
Obesity Rate	2.4%	15.5%	84% lower	Sudan
Sanitation Access (%)	10.36%	65.71%	84% lower	Sudan
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.00 per 100k people	0.01 per 100k people	79% lower	Sudan
Vehicles per 1,000 People	6.6 per 1k people	30.36 per 1k people	78% lower	Sudan
Meat Consumption per Person	5.4 kg/person/yr	21.39 kg/person/yr	75% lower	Sudan
Milk Consumption per Person	44.14 kg/person/yr	155.2 kg/person/yr	72% lower	Sudan
Digital Payments Used	20.66% of adults	12.02% of adults	72% higher	Ethiopia
Government Debt (% GDP)	31.4% of GDP	99.5% of GDP	68% lower	Sudan
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	92.44 kWh/person	278.82 kWh/person	67% lower	Sudan
CO2 Per Capita	0.14 t/person/yr	0.35 t/person/yr	62% lower	Sudan
Water Withdrawal	10.55 B m³	26.93 B m³	61% lower	Sudan
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	10.23 per 100k	6.4 per 100k	59% higher	Ethiopia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	0.30 per 1k	0.70 per 1k	57% lower	Sudan
Forest Coverage (%)	14.93%	9.6%	56% higher	Ethiopia
GNI Per Capita	$1,100	$710	55% higher	Ethiopia
Youth Unemployment Rate	5.4% of youth labor force	12% of youth labor force	55% lower	Sudan
Unemployment Rate	3.4%	7.5%	55% lower	Sudan
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$3,287.53	$2,115.82	55% higher	Ethiopia
Seafood Consumption per Person	0.53 kg/person/yr	1.1 kg/person/yr	53% lower	Sudan
Insufficient Physical Activity	9.4% of adults	19.11% of adults	51% lower	Sudan
Official Languages Count	1.0	2.0	50% lower	Sudan
Highest Elevation	4.5K m	3.0K m	50% higher	Ethiopia
Renewable Energy (%)	90.6%	61%	49% higher	Ethiopia
Electric Generating Capacity	5.69M kW	3.81M kW	49% higher	Ethiopia
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.14 per 1k	0.25 per 1k	44% lower	Sudan
Agricultural Land (%)	34.08%	60.31%	43% lower	Sudan
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	12 days/yr	20 days/yr	40% lower	Sudan
Land Area	1.13M km²	1.87M km²	40% lower	Sudan
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	27.31 µg/m³	45.83 µg/m³	40% lower	Sudan
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.9% of GDP	4.6% of GDP	38% lower	Sudan
Average Weekly Work Hours	31.92 hrs/week	50.72 hrs/week	37% lower	Sudan
Internet Users (%)	17%	26%	35% lower	Sudan
Airports	58	44	32% higher	Ethiopia
Urban Population (%)	23.62%	34.87%	32% lower	Sudan
Military Spending	0.65% of GDP	0.93% of GDP	30% lower	Sudan
Food Waste per Person	110.06 kg/person/yr	156.32 kg/person/yr	30% lower	Sudan
Political Corruption Index	0.53	0.72	26% lower	Sudan
Informal Employment Share	77.65% of employed people	94.22% of employed people	18% lower	Sudan
Electricity Access (%)	55.4%	66%	16% lower	Sudan
Fertility Rate	3.8 children/woman	4.4 children/woman	15% lower	Sudan
Merchant Fleet Size	12	14	14% lower	Sudan
Health Spending Per Capita	$27.07	$31.58	14% lower	Sudan
Border Neighbors	6.0	7.0	14% lower	Sudan
Land Border Length	5.9K km	6.8K km	13% lower	Sudan
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	65 per 100 people	74 per 100 people	12% lower	Sudan
Birth Rate	29.08 per 1k	32.95 per 1k	12% lower	Sudan
Total CO2 Emissions	19.36 Mt CO2e	21.87 Mt CO2e	11% lower	Sudan
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.7 per 100k	19.6 per 100k	10% lower	Sudan
Infant Mortality	35.7 per 1k births	39.2 per 1k births	9% lower	Sudan
Electricity Generation	18.26 TWh	16.75 TWh	9% higher	Ethiopia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	377.92 kg oil eq/person	411.78 kg oil eq/person	8% lower	Sudan
Firms Hit by Power Outages	85.87% of firms	93.72% of firms	8% lower	Sudan
Child Mortality	46.5 per 1k births	50.1 per 1k births	7% lower	Sudan
Death Rate	5.6 per 1k	6.0 per 1k	7% lower	Sudan
Teen Birth Rate	69.86 per 1k	66.07 per 1k	6% higher	Ethiopia
Dependency Ratio	73.28% of working-age pop.	77.85% of working-age pop.	6% lower	Sudan
Forest Area	168.5K km²	178.4K km²	6% lower	Sudan
Armed Forces Personnel	138.0K	144.0K	4% lower	Sudan
Human Development Index	0.50	0.51	3% lower	Sudan
Median Age	18.7 years	18.3 years	3% higher	Ethiopia
Youth Population (%)	39.06%	40.47%	3% lower	Sudan
Elderly Population (%)	3.2%	3.3%	2% lower	Sudan
Life Expectancy	67.3 years	66.3 years	1% higher	Ethiopia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.28	0.29	1% lower	Sudan
Credit Card Ownership	0.40% of adults	0.40% of adults	1% higher	Ethiopia
Coastline Length	0 km	853 km	ranked lower	Sudan
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
Firms Asked for Bribes	17.68% of firms	17.6% of firms	equal	Ethiopia
GDP Growth Rate	7.6%	-13.96%	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	Sudan
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-0.9% of GDP	-8.1% of GDP	ranked higher	Ethiopia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.7% of GDP	0% of GDP	ranked higher	Ethiopia
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	24 gold medals	0 gold medals	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

Sudan leads in 60 of 109 shared metrics, while Ethiopia leads in 49.

Ethiopia's Beer Consumption is 794.6x that of Sudan (1.0 L/person/yr vs 0.00 L/person/yr).

Ethiopia's Alcohol Consumption is 305.0x that of Sudan (3.1 L/adult/yr vs 0.01 L/adult/yr).

Ethiopia's All-Time Olympic Medals is 61.0x that of Sudan (62 medals vs 1.0 medals).

Ethiopia's Spirits Consumption is 39.0x that of Sudan (0.14 L/person/yr vs 0.00 L/person/yr).

Ethiopia's Air Passengers is 15.8x that of Sudan (15.27M vs 911.1K).

Key Comparisons

Beer ConsumptionEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

1.0 L/person/yr

Sudan

0.00 L/person/yr

Alcohol ConsumptionEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

3.1 L/adult/yr

Sudan

0.01 L/adult/yr

All-Time Olympic MedalsEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

62 medals

Sudan

1.0 medals

Spirits ConsumptionEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

0.14 L/person/yr

Sudan

0.00 L/person/yr

Air PassengersEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

15.27M

Sudan

911.1K

Scientific PublicationsEthiopia leads

Ethiopia

7.2K

Sudan

507.12

Beer Consumption

1.0 L/person/yr

0.00 L/person/yr

Alcohol Consumption

3.1 L/adult/yr

0.01 L/adult/yr

All-Time Olympic Medals

62 medals

1.0 medals

Spirits Consumption

0.14 L/person/yr

0.00 L/person/yr

Air Passengers

15.27M

911.1K

Scientific Publications

7.2K

507.12

Imports (% GDP)

11.86% of GDP

1.3% of GDP

Foreign Patents

7.0

Exports (% GDP)

5.5% of GDP

0.72% of GDP

Protected Land (%)

17%

2.3%

Capital Elevation

2.4K m

382 m

Firms with Female Top Manager

16.44% of firms

3.4% of firms

Population Density

114.04 /km²

26.79 /km²

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

12 sites

3.0 sites

Women's Political Empowerment

0.69

0.22

GDP (Nominal)

$149,740,297,952.99

$49,672,435,513.11

Time Zones Count

3.0 time zones

1.0 time zones

Liberal Democracy Index

0.10

0.03

Corruption Perceptions Index

38 pts

14 pts

Population

121.37M

50.47M

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Beer Consumption

Alcohol Consumption

All-Time Olympic Medals

Spirits Consumption

Air Passengers

Scientific Publications

Imports (% GDP)

Foreign Patents

Exports (% GDP)

Protected Land (%)

Capital Elevation

Firms with Female Top Manager

Population Density

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Women's Political Empowerment

GDP (Nominal)

Time Zones Count

Liberal Democracy Index

Corruption Perceptions Index

Population

Women in Senior Management

Water Stress (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

Domestic Patents

Suicide Rate

Firms Making Informal Payments

Railway Length

Solar Electricity Share

Irrigated Land

Can Raise Emergency Money

Inflation Rate

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Obesity Rate

Sanitation Access (%)

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Meat Consumption per Person

Milk Consumption per Person

Digital Payments Used

Government Debt (% GDP)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

CO2 Per Capita

Water Withdrawal

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Forest Coverage (%)

GNI Per Capita

Youth Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Insufficient Physical Activity

Official Languages Count

Highest Elevation

Renewable Energy (%)

Electric Generating Capacity

Doctors (per 1,000)

Agricultural Land (%)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Land Area

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Average Weekly Work Hours

Internet Users (%)

Airports

Urban Population (%)

Military Spending

Food Waste per Person

Political Corruption Index

Informal Employment Share

Electricity Access (%)

Fertility Rate