diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/hide_state_from_ethiopia_and_rwanda b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/hide_state_from_ethiopia_and_rwanda
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..30ba302229b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/hide_state_from_ethiopia_and_rwanda
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: fix
+
+Hide state selector for Ethiopia and Rwanda addresses
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/i18n/states.php b/plugins/woocommerce/i18n/states.php
index d2cf0663755..c8f0a66e54d 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/i18n/states.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/i18n/states.php
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@ return array(
 		'ZA' => __( 'Zamora', 'woocommerce' ),
 		'Z'  => __( 'Zaragoza', 'woocommerce' ),
 	),
+	'ET' => array(),
 	'FI' => array(),
 	'FR' => array(),
 	'GF' => array(),
@@ -1807,6 +1808,7 @@ return array(
 		'RSKM' => _x( 'Kosovo-Metohija', 'district', 'woocommerce' ),
 		'RSVO' => _x( 'Vojvodina', 'district', 'woocommerce' ),
 	),
+	'RW' => array(),
 	'SE' => array(),
 	'UA' => array( // Ukrainian oblasts. https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/release-42/common/subdivisions/en.xml#L5243.
 		'UA05' => __( 'Vinnychchyna', 'woocommerce' ),
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-countries.php b/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-countries.php
index 7a880796eb2..5fac236ec1d 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-countries.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-countries.php
@@ -1024,6 +1024,12 @@ class WC_Countries {
 							'hidden'   => true,
 						),
 					),
+					'ET' => array(
+						'state' => array(
+							'required' => false,
+							'hidden'   => true,
+						),
+					),
 					'FI' => array(
 						'postcode' => array(
 							'priority' => 65,
@@ -1393,6 +1399,12 @@ class WC_Countries {
 							'required' => false,
 						),
 					),
+					'RW' => array(
+						'state' => array(
+							'required' => false,
+							'hidden'   => true,
+						),
+					),
 					'SG' => array(
 						'state' => array(
 							'required' => false,