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Infant mortality rate — Ethiopia

Infant mortality rate in Ethiopia in 2024 — 34.5 per 1,000. Ranked 161 in the world out of 196. Since 1966, the indicator has fallen by 75.9%.

2024 34.5 per 1,000 −10.85% vs 2023
World rank 161of 196
Period maximum 195.6 per 1,0001983
Period minimum 34.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1966–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Ethiopia, 1966–2024050100150200196619721978198419901996200220082014202020241966: 142.9 per 1,0001967: 143.2 per 1,0001968: 143.7 per 1,0001969: 144.3 per 1,0001970: 144.7 per 1,0001971: 145.3 per 1,0001972: 168.6 per 1,0001973: 168.6 per 1,0001974: 168.4 per 1,0001975: 168.4 per 1,0001976: 147.6 per 1,0001977: 148 per 1,0001978: 148.3 per 1,0001979: 147.9 per 1,0001980: 147.3 per 1,0001981: 146.3 per 1,0001982: 144.9 per 1,0001983: 195.6 per 1,0001984: 192.4 per 1,0001985: 186.1 per 1,0001986: 182.5 per 1,0001987: 134.3 per 1,0001988: 132.1 per 1,0001989: 129.7 per 1,0001990: 127.2 per 1,0001991: 124.4 per 1,0001992: 121.3 per 1,0001993: 117.9 per 1,0001994: 114.1 per 1,0001995: 110.3 per 1,0001996: 106.5 per 1,0001997: 102.8 per 1,0001998: 99.1 per 1,0001999: 95.7 per 1,0002000: 92.3 per 1,0002001: 88.9 per 1,0002002: 85.3 per 1,0002003: 81.7 per 1,0002004: 78 per 1,0002005: 74.4 per 1,0002006: 70.9 per 1,0002007: 67.7 per 1,0002008: 64.7 per 1,0002009: 61.8 per 1,0002010: 59.2 per 1,0002011: 56.8 per 1,0002012: 54.4 per 1,0002013: 52.2 per 1,0002014: 50 per 1,0002015: 47.9 per 1,0002016: 45.9 per 1,0002017: 44 per 1,0002018: 42.3 per 1,0002019: 40.8 per 1,0002020: 39.4 per 1,0002021: 49.9 per 1,0002022: 48.3 per 1,0002023: 38.7 per 1,0002024: 34.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −108.4 (−75.86%) Average annual rate: -2.42 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ethiopia

Ethiopia 34.5 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 37.8 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 42.8 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 34.5 −4.2 −10.85%
2023 38.7 −9.6 −19.88%
2022 48.3 −1.6 −3.21%
2021 49.9 +10.5 +26.65%
2020 39.4 −1.4 −3.43%
2019 40.8 −1.5 −3.55%
2018 42.3 −1.7 −3.86%
2017 44 −1.9 −4.14%
2016 45.9 −2 −4.18%
2015 47.9 −2.1 −4.2%
2014 50 −2.2 −4.21%
2013 52.2 −2.2 −4.04%
2012 54.4 −2.4 −4.23%
2011 56.8 −2.4 −4.05%
2010 59.2 −2.6 −4.21%
2009 61.8 −2.9 −4.48%
2008 64.7 −3 −4.43%
2007 67.7 −3.2 −4.51%
2006 70.9 −3.5 −4.7%
2005 74.4 −3.6 −4.62%
2004 78 −3.7 −4.53%
2003 81.7 −3.6 −4.22%
2002 85.3 −3.6 −4.05%
2001 88.9 −3.4 −3.68%
2000 92.3 −3.4 −3.55%
1999 95.7 −3.4 −3.43%
1998 99.1 −3.7 −3.6%
1997 102.8 −3.7 −3.47%
1996 106.5 −3.8 −3.45%
1995 110.3 −3.8 −3.33%
1994 114.1 −3.8 −3.22%
1993 117.9 −3.4 −2.8%
1992 121.3 −3.1 −2.49%
1991 124.4 −2.8 −2.2%
1990 127.2 −2.5 −1.93%
1989 129.7 −2.4 −1.82%
1988 132.1 −2.2 −1.64%
1987 134.3 −48.2 −26.41%
1986 182.5 −3.6 −1.93%
1985 186.1 −6.3 −3.27%
1984 192.4 −3.2 −1.64%
1983 195.6 +50.7 +34.99%
1982 144.9 −1.4 −0.96%
1981 146.3 −1 −0.68%
1980 147.3 −0.6 −0.41%
1979 147.9 −0.4 −0.27%
1978 148.3 +0.3 +0.2%
1977 148 +0.4 +0.27%
1976 147.6 −20.8 −12.35%
1975 168.4 +0 +0%
1974 168.4 −0.2 −0.12%
1973 168.6 +0 +0%
1972 168.6 +23.3 +16.04%
1971 145.3 +0.6 +0.41%
1970 144.7 +0.4 +0.28%
1969 144.3 +0.6 +0.42%
1968 143.7 +0.5 +0.35%
1967 143.2 +0.3 +0.21%
1966 142.9 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 12.9 MU Mauritius 13.8 ER Eritrea 24.7 TZ Tanzania 28.7 RW Rwanda 29.4 BI Burundi 30.5 KE Kenya 34.2 ET Ethiopia 34.5 ZM Zambia 34.6 KM Comoros 35 UG Uganda 35.9 MW Malawi 38 DJ Djibouti 43 MG Madagascar 43 MZ Mozambique 43.7 ZW Zimbabwe 62.4 SO Somalia 65.4 SS South Sudan 71.9
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About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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