EthiopiaandSouth Sudan

1st century CE · 9 July 2011

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

Ethiopia

1st century CE — The Kingdom of Aksum rises on the Ethiopian plateau

Dossier →Chronicle →

South Sudan

9 July 2011 — The Republic of South Sudan declares independence

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
37
Domains
9
Crossed events
0
Data through
2026-08-14

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

ETHSDS
  • GDP
    $126 B2025$12 B2015
    Observed 2025 / 2015 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $9332025$1,0802015
    Observed 2025 / 2015 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    9.8%2025-10.8%2015
    Observed 2025 / 2015 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    13.2%202591.4%2024
    Observed 2025 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    33.5%202565.6%2015
    Observed 2025 / 2015 · figures compared, never graded

Society

ETHSDS
  • Population
    135 m202512 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    67.6 yrs202457.7 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    24.1%202521.7%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    3.920243.82024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

ETHSDS
  • Voice & accountability
    35.1202423.72024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Political stability
    33.7202440.42024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Government effectiveness
    38.820249.12024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Regulatory quality
    41.7202424.42024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Rule of law
    38.9202423.02024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Control of corruption
    39.020246.12024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Health

ETHSDS
  • Health spending
    2.8%202311.6%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    0.1420230.042022
    Observed 2023 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    44.5202496.72024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    72.0%202472.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    13.5%2024—
    Observed 2024 / — · figures compared, never graded

Education

ETHSDS
  • Adult literacy
    60.5%202226.8%2008
    Observed 2022 / 2008 · figures compared, never graded
  • Education spending
    2.3%20241.6%2016
    Observed 2024 / 2016 · figures compared, never graded
  • Primary enrolment
    84.4%202498.4%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Secondary enrolment
    33.9%2015122.1%2024
    Observed 2015 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Tertiary enrolment
    5.9%2014—
    Observed 2014 / — · figures compared, never graded

Technology

ETHSDS
  • R&D spending
    0.3%2017—
    Observed 2017 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    892017—
    Observed 2017 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    21.9%20246.7%2019
    Observed 2024 / 2019 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    652024472023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    3.8%2023—
    Observed 2023 / — · figures compared, never graded

Geography

ETHSDS
  • Land area
    1,128,499 km²2023631,930 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    14.9%202311.3%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    34.1%202344.9%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    0.12024—
    Observed 2024 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    90.6%202132.4%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

ETHSDS
  • Resource rents
    5.9%202113.1%2015
    Observed 2021 / 2015 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    0.0%202110.4%2015
    Observed 2021 / 2015 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    0.3%20210.0%2015
    Observed 2021 / 2015 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    5.6%20212.6%2015
    Observed 2021 / 2015 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    56.6%20245.4%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Military

ETHSDS
  • Military burden
    0.7%20242.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $922 M2024$2.0 B2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    138,000202053,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

Neither nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — across both archives, no recorded event crosses between them. That is a fact about the two records as they stand, not a gap filled here: this page reports what the archives hold, and holds nothing they do not.