Eritrea vs Ethiopia
Eritrea vs Ethiopia: GDP per person
GDP per person: $751 in Eritrea in 2011 and $945 in Ethiopia in 2025, by World Bank estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Eritrea, by $296, or 1.65 times that in Ethiopia.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Eritrea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- The world as a whole: $9,515 in 2011.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Eritrea | Ethiopia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $945 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | – | $884 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | – | $842 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | – | $811 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | – | $791 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | – | $769 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | – | $745 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | – | $706 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | – | $679 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | – | $637 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | – | $598 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | – | $556 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | – | $518 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | – | $482 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $751 | $456 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $704 | $422 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $702 | $386 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $693 | $365 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $789 | $339 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $789 | $313 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $810 | $291 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $809 | $268 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $830 | $243 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $889 | $256 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $893 | $260 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $845 | $248 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $886 | $241 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $899 | $236 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $895 | $252 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $839 | $253 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $807 | $232 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $830 | $226 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $706 | $227 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $642 | $208 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | – | $238 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | – | $267 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | – | $270 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | – | $281 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | – | $291 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | – | $265 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | – | $249 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | – | $288 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | – | $304 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | – | $289 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | – | $297 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | – | $292 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | – | $276 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | – | $283 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | – | $280 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | – | $278 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | – | $285 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | – | $289 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | – | $287 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | – | $280 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | – | $276 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | – | $266 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | – | $265 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | – | $268 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | – | $265 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | – | $261 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | – | $250 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | $243 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | $239 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | $235 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | $231 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | – | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, 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