This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Ethiopia and United States. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
The data for each country can be found here: Ethiopia and United States
Maximum daily temperatures in comparison
Ethiopia
United States
General information
Ethiopia | United States | |
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Region: | Eastern Africa | North America |
Area: | 1,104,300 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
National language: | Amharic | English |
Government form: | Federal parliamentary republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1000 BC | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Addis Ababa | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Details for Ethiopia and the United StatesEthiopia | United States | |
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Population: | 120,283,000 | 331,894,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 108.9 | 33.8 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 62 years | Ø 74 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 68 years | Ø 79 years |
Average age: | Ø 19.8 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birth rate: | 32.38 ‰ | 11.00 ‰ |
Death rate: | 6.78 ‰ | 10.40 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.19 ‰ | 3.01 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Ethiopia | United States | |
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Political stability: | 25 | 67 |
Civil rights: | 29 | 83 |
Health: | 12 | 69 |
Climate: | 81 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 63 | 34 |
Popularity: | 42 | 71 |
Economy
Details for Ethiopia and the United StatesEthiopia | United States | |
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Currency: | birr (1 ETB = 100 Cents) | US dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 4.0 % | 3.6 % |
Inflation rate: | 26.84 % | 8.00 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 29.90 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 37.70 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 940 US$ | 70,930 US$ |
Corruption index: | 62 (bad) | 31 (moderate) |
ETH: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 111,271 M US$ | 0.93 M US$ | 23,315,081 M US$ | 70.25 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 113,593 M US$ | 0.94 M US$ | 23,539,918 M US$ | 70.93 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 9,496 M US$ | 0.08 M US$ | 2,556,638 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 20,859 M US$ | 0.17 M US$ | 3,401,688 M US$ | 10.25 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Ethiopia and the United StatesETH: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 120,171 km | 1.00 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.85 km |
Railways: | 659 km | 0.01 km | 293,564 km | 0.88 km |
Harbours: | 11 | 0.0001 | 3,627 | 0.0109 |
Passenger airports: | 21 | 0.0002 | 436 | 0.0013 |
Energy balance
Details for Ethiopia and the United StatesETH: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Production capacity: | 42.54 bn kWh | 353,653.89 kWh | 10.015 tn kWh | 30.18 m kWh |
Energy consumption: | 9.78 bn kWh | 81,292.43 kWh | 3.898 tn kWh | 11.74 m kWh |
Energy production: | 14.15 bn kWh | 117,656.67 kWh | 4.049 tn kWh | 12.20 m kWh |
Energy export: | 1,000.00 m kWh | 8,313.72 kWh | 14.13 bn kWh | 42,587.96 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 61.45 bn kWh | 185,146.19 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 18.36 m t | 152.63 t | 4.82 bn t | 14,515.85 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Ethiopia and the United StatesEthiopia | United States | |
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International dialing: | +251 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .et | .us |
ETH total | ETH per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 1,252,000 | 10 | 101,526,000 | 306 |
Mobile cellulars: | 44,500,000 | 370 | 351,477,000 | 1059 |
Internet server: | 179 | 0 | 505,000,000 | 1522 |
Internet users: | 20,084,984 | 167 | 301,691,414 | 909 |
Broadband Internet: | 506,800 | 4 | 125,885,000 | 379 |
Healthcare system
Details for Ethiopia and the United StatesEthiopia | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 0.33 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.10 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 4.3 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.17 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 1.19 ‰ | 0.03 ‰ |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 86.0 % | 74.0 % |
Smokers: | 5.1 % | 23.0 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Ethiopia and United States
Ethiopia | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 27.2 °C | 18.9 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 13.5 °C | 7.3 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 61 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 10.7 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 7.2 | 7.2 |
Maximum daily temperatures in comparison
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Native languages
Ethiopia | United States | |
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English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Oromo: | 33.8 % | n/a |
Amharic: | 29.3 % | n/a |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Tigrinya: | 5.9 % | n/a |
Somali: | 4.1 % | n/a |
Sidamo: | 4.0 % | n/a |
Wolaytta: | 2.2 % | n/a |
Gurage: | 2.0 % | n/a |
Hadiyya: | 1.7 % | n/a |
Afar: | 1.7 % | n/a |
Gambo: | 1.5 % | n/a |
Gedeo: | 1.3 % | n/a |
Opuuo: | 1.2 % | n/a |
Kafa: | 1.1 % | n/a |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 10.2 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Ethiopia | United States | |
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Christianity: | 62.7 % | 78.5 % |
Islam: | 33.9 % | 1.1 % |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 3.4 % | 15.3 % |