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Ethiopia vs Japan
How Ethiopia and Japan compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Japan was higher: 84.7 years against 67.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Japan was higher: $38,620 against $945
- Population · In 2023, Ethiopia was higher: 129 million people against 124 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Japan was higher: 1.41% of GDP against 0.49% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Japan was higher: 7.84 tonnes against 0.15 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Japan: 84.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Japan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Japan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEthiopia: 13.2% in 2022Japan: 98.7% in 2022
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Japan: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Japan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Japan: 124 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Japan: -0.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Japan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Japan: 92.3% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Japan: 49 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Japan: 29.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Japan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Japan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEthiopia: $785M in 2025Japan: $59.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Japan: $504 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Japan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Japan: 261,000 people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Japan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Japan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025Japan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEthiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997Japan: 28 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, 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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