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Ethiopia vs Kenya
How Ethiopia and Kenya compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Ethiopia was higher: 67.3 years against 63.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Kenya was higher: $1,908 against $945
- Population · In 2023, Ethiopia was higher: 129 million people against 55.3 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Kenya was higher: 1.07% of GDP against 0.49% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Kenya was higher: 0.38 tonnes against 0.15 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEthiopia: $785M in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 117 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEthiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, 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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