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Ethiopia vs Myanmar (Burma)
How Ethiopia and Myanmar (Burma) compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Ethiopia was higher: 67.3 years against 66.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Myanmar (Burma) was higher: $1,128 against $945
- Population · In 2023, Ethiopia was higher: 129 million people against 54.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2024, Myanmar (Burma) was higher: 6.61% of GDP against 0.49% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Myanmar (Burma) was higher: 0.58 tonnes against 0.15 tonnes
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- GDP per personEthiopia: $945 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- TemperatureEthiopia: 24.1 °C in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 24 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEthiopia: 13.2% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personEthiopia: $945 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- GDP growthEthiopia: 8.1% a year in 2024Myanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021
- InflationEthiopia: 26.6% a year in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023
- Government debtEthiopia: 33.5% of GDP in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsEthiopia: $785M in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 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, 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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