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Chad vs Ethiopia
How Chad and Ethiopia compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Ethiopia was higher: 67.3 years against 55.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Ethiopia was higher: $945 against $874
- Population · In 2023, Ethiopia was higher: 129 million people against 19.3 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Chad was higher: 3.19% of GDP against 0.49% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Ethiopia was higher: 0.15 tonnes against 0.14 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChad: 6.2% in 2022Ethiopia: 13.2% in 2022
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChad: $598M in 2025Ethiopia: $785M in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Ethiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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