Eritrea vs Ethiopia
Eritrea vs Ethiopia: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 12% in Eritrea and 23.8% in Ethiopia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 11.9 percentage points, or 1.99 times that in Eritrea.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Ethiopia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- In 2024, Eritrea ranked 156 and Ethiopia ranked 122 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Eritrea | Ethiopia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | 23.8 | – |
| 2023 | 12 | 23.8 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 12.1 | 23.8 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 12.1 | 23.8 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 12.2 | 23.8 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 12.2 | 23.8 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 12.3 | 23.8 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 12.3 | 23.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 12.4 | 23.9 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 12.4 | 23.9 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 12.5 | 23.9 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 12.5 | 24 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 12.6 | 24 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 12.6 | 24.1 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 12.7 | 24.1 | 32 |
| 2009 | 12.7 | 24.2 | 32 |
| 2008 | 12.8 | 24.3 | 32 |
| 2007 | 12.8 | 24.3 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 12.9 | 24.4 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 12.9 | 24.4 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 13 | 24.5 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 15.6 | 27.6 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 15.6 | 27.7 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 15.7 | 27.7 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 15.8 | 27.8 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 15.8 | 27.9 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 15.9 | 28 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 15.9 | 28 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 16 | 28.1 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 16.1 | 28.2 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 16.1 | 28.3 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 16.2 | 28.3 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | – | – | 33 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, 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
Eritrea vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyEritrea: 68.6 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEritrea: 3.4 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEritrea: 27.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEritrea: 3.87% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateEritrea: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEritrea: 3.47 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthEritrea: 1.81% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEritrea: 3.71 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEritrea: 34.5% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageEritrea: 18.7 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEritrea: 4.2% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEritrea: -4.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEritrea: 20.87% of GDP in 2003Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personEritrea: $75 in 2003Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEritrea: 46.4% of government spending in 2003Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEritrea: 202,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerEritrea: 0.31% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEritrea: 13.29% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEritrea: 4 million TIV in 2007Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEritrea: 0 TIV in 2006Ethiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997