Which countries border Ethiopia?
Ethiopia shares a land border with six countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. That is more than 123 of the 157 countries that have a land border.
Ethiopia and its neighbours on a map
Ethiopia is shown in green and its six neighbours in blue. Click a neighbour to see the countries that border it.
- Ethiopia
- Land neighbours
Every neighbour of Ethiopia
Two borders away
These seven countries border a neighbour of Ethiopia but not Ethiopia itself, so you cross exactly two borders to reach them by land.
Think you know your neighbours?
Border Chain gives you two countries and you connect them by naming neighbours, one border at a time. A new puzzle every day.
How far are you from Ethiopia?
On a phone this uses GPS. The calculator shows the straight-line distance to the nearest country border from where you are.
Questions
Which countries border Ethiopia?
Ethiopia shares a land border with six countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan.
How many countries border Ethiopia?
Six. That is more than 123 of the 157 countries that have a land border.
Which countries are two borders away from Ethiopia?
the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Libya, Tanzania and Uganda. Each one borders a neighbour of Ethiopia without touching Ethiopia itself.
Are borders across the sea counted?
No. Only land borders count. Countries that face Ethiopia across water are not listed here, and neither are borders of overseas territories far from the mainland. This is the same list the Border Chain game plays with.
Countries with the most neighbours
Land borders as used by the Border Chain game, checked October 8, 2026. Country outlines from Natural Earth.