Austria vs Ethiopia
Austria vs Ethiopia: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 89.7% in Austria in 2016 and 81.5% in Ethiopia in 2015, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Austria, by 8 percentage points, or 1.1 times that in Ethiopia.
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
What the numbers say
- Austria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1989.
- The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2015.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Austria | Ethiopia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2016 | 89.7 | – | 88.3 |
| 2015 | 89.4 | 81.5 | 88.2 |
| 2014 | 89.5 | 82.2 | 88.3 |
| 2013 | 88.9 | – | 88.2 |
| 2012 | 89 | 76.3 | 88.2 |
| 2011 | 87.8 | 75 | 88.1 |
| 2010 | 87.9 | 71.5 | 87.9 |
| 2009 | 88 | 73.6 | 87.9 |
| 2008 | 88.1 | 73.5 | 87.6 |
| 2007 | 88.7 | 67.7 | 87.2 |
| 2006 | 88.9 | 62.5 | 86 |
| 2005 | 88.9 | 57.2 | 85.4 |
| 2004 | 88.9 | 45.8 | 84.7 |
| 2003 | 88.3 | 42.1 | 83.5 |
| 2002 | 89 | 40.9 | 81.4 |
| 2001 | 90.9 | 38.5 | 81 |
| 2000 | 91.8 | 34.2 | 80.7 |
| 1999 | – | 29.3 | 79.9 |
| 1998 | – | 26.7 | 78.9 |
| 1997 | – | – | 78.1 |
| 1996 | – | 20.3 | 77.9 |
| 1995 | – | 17.3 | 78 |
| 1994 | – | 15.6 | 78.3 |
| 1993 | – | – | 78 |
| 1992 | – | – | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | – | 77.8 |
| 1990 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1989 | 94.7 | 24.1 | 77.6 |
| 1988 | – | 24.6 | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | 24.3 | 75.8 |
| 1986 | – | – | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 74 |
| 1980 | 88 | – | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 88 | – | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 89.7 | – | 69 |
| 1965 | 91.5 | – | 66 |
| 1960 | 91.5 | – | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 100 | – | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 100 | – | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 97.4 | – | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 94.8 | – | 40 |
| 1935 | 92.2 | – | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 89.5 | – | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 86.9 | – | 33 |
| 1920 | 84.3 | – | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 81.7 | – | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 79.1 | – | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 79.8 | – | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 80.9 | – | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 71.4 | – | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 45.4 | – | 20 |
| 1885 | 64.2 | – | 19 |
| 1880 | 52.4 | – | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 40.5 | – | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 28.7 | – | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 26.3 | – | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 24 | – | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 21.9 | – | 8 |
| 1850 | 19.9 | – | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 18.1 | – | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 16.3 | – | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 14.8 | – | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 13.3 | – | 4 |
| 1825 | 12 | – | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 10.8 | – | 3.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of girls of primary-school age who are enrolled in school.
- Source: Our World in Data, joining historical estimates to the World Bank’s.
- Ranks count the 97 countries with a value in 2012, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Austria vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Ethiopia: 13.2% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Ethiopia: $785M in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Ethiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997