Djibouti vs Ethiopia

Djibouti vs Ethiopia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 4.9 per 100 live births in Djibouti and 4.5 per 100 live births in Ethiopia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Djibouti, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 1.1 times that in Ethiopia.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Djibouti vs Ethiopia: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 4.9 per 100 live births in Djibouti and 4.5 per 100 live births in Ethiopia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Djibouti, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 1.1 times that in Ethiopia.
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What the numbers say

  • Djibouti has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • In 2024, Djibouti ranked 29 and Ethiopia ranked 36 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearDjiboutiEthiopiaWorld
20244.94.53.7
20235.15.23.8
20225.26.84
20215.474
20205.65.23.9
20195.85.44
20185.95.64
20176.15.84.1
20166.36.14.2
20156.56.44.3
20146.76.84.4
20136.97.14.5
20127.17.54.7
20117.37.95
20107.68.35.1
20097.88.75.3
200889.25.5
20078.29.75.7
20068.510.26
20058.710.86.2
20048.911.56.6
20039.212.16.8
20029.412.77.1
20019.613.47.4
20009.9147.7
199910.114.67.9
199810.215.38.3
199710.415.98.4
199610.616.68.6
199510.717.28.8
199410.817.98.9
19931118.69.1
199211.119.29.2
199111.319.79.3
199011.520.29.4
198911.820.79.5
198812.121.110
198712.421.59.9
198612.73010.3
198513.130.610.6
198413.531.710.9
198313.932.311.1
198214.323.611.2
198114.723.911.6
198015.124.211.9
197915.524.411.9
19781624.612.3
197716.524.612.6
19761724.712.8
1975–28.513.1
1974–28.613.3
1973–28.813.5
1972–28.913.7
1971–24.913.9
1970–2514.2
1969–2514.6
1968–2515
1967–25.115.3
1966–25.115.1
1965––15.1
1964––15.7
1963––16.2
1962––17
1961––18.8
1960––20.2
1959––19.9
1958––19.7
1957––20.5
1956––21.3
1955––22.3
1954––22.8
1953––23.3
1952––23.9
1951––24.3
1950––24.7
1949––24.9
1948––24.9
1947––25.5
1946––25.8
1945––26.7
1944––27.4
1943––27.7
1942––27.9
1941––27.8
1940––27.9
1939––28
1938––28.7
1937––28.8
1936––29.1
1935––29.5
1934––30.7
1933––30.5
1932––30.7
1931––31.4
1930––31.6
1929––32
1928––31.9
1927––31.9
1926––32.7
1925––32.4
1924––33.1
1923––33.1
1922––33.2
1921––34.2
1920––34.4
1919––35.7
1918––37.6
1917––35.3
1916––35.1
1915––35.3
1914––35.4
1913––35.1
1912––35.5
1911––36
1910––36.4
1909––36.6
1908––37.2
1907––37.4
1906––38.1
1905––38.8
1904––38.9
1903––39.5
1902––40.1
1901––40.8
1900––40.9
1899––40.8
1898––41.2
1897––41
1896––41.1
1895––41.3
1894––41.2
1893––41.2
1892––41.7
1891––41.3
1890––41.5
1889––41.2
1888––41
1887––41.1
1886––41.1
1885––41.2
1884––41.1
1883––41.4
1882––41.5
1881––41.1
1880––41.6
1879––41.1
1878––41.6
1877––41.2
1876––41.4
1875––41.5
1874––41.7
1873––41.8
1872––42.1
1871––42.2
1870––41.9
1869––42.1
1868––42.4
1867––42
1866––42.1
1865––42.3
1864––42.2
1863––42.5
1862––42.6
1861––42.9
1860––42.9
1859––43.7
1858––43.8
1857––44.2
1856––44.2
1855––44
1854––43.7
1853––43.2
1852––42.9
1851––42.4
1850––42
1849––42.3
1848––42.3
1847––42.2
1846––42.4
1845––42
1844––42.1
1843––42.1
1842––42.2
1841––42.1
1840––42.1
1839––42.1
1838––42.2
1837––42.2
1836––42.2
1835––42.2
1834––42.3
1833––42.2
1832––42.2
1831––42.2
1830––42.2
1829––42.1
1828––42.1
1827––42.1
1826––42.1
1825––42.1
1824––42.1
1823––42.1
1822––42.1
1821––42.1
1820––42.1
1819––42.2
1818––42.2
1817––42.2
1816––42.2
1815––42.2
1814––42.3
1813––42.3
1812––42.4
1811––42.4
1810––42.5
1809––42.5
1808––42.5
1807––42.5
1806––42.6
1805––42.6
1804––42.6
1803––42.6
1802––42.7
1801––42.7
1800––42.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
  • Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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