Ethiopia vs Pakistan

Ethiopia vs Pakistan: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 4.5 per 100 live births in Ethiopia and 5.6 per 100 live births in Pakistan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 1.1 per 100 live births, or 1.26 times that in Ethiopia.

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

Ethiopia vs Pakistan: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 4.5 per 100 live births in Ethiopia and 5.6 per 100 live births in Pakistan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 1.1 per 100 live births, or 1.26 times that in Ethiopia.
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What the numbers say

  • Pakistan has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • In 2024, Ethiopia ranked 36 and Pakistan ranked 24 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

YearEthiopiaPakistanWorld
20244.55.63.7
20235.25.83.8
20226.864
202176.24
20205.26.43.9
20195.46.64
20185.66.84
20175.874.1
20166.17.24.2
20156.47.54.3
20146.87.74.4
20137.184.5
20127.58.24.7
20117.98.45
20108.38.75.1
20098.78.95.3
20089.29.15.5
20079.79.25.7
200610.29.46
200510.89.66.2
200411.59.86.6
200312.1106.8
200212.710.37.1
200113.410.57.4
20001410.87.7
199914.611.17.9
199815.311.58.3
199715.911.88.4
199616.612.28.6
199517.212.58.8
199417.912.88.9
199318.613.29.1
199219.213.59.2
199119.713.89.3
199020.2149.4
198920.714.39.5
198821.114.610
198721.514.99.9
19863015.110.3
198530.615.410.6
198431.715.710.9
198332.315.911.1
198223.616.111.2
198123.916.411.6
198024.216.611.9
197924.416.811.9
197824.61712.3
197724.617.212.6
197624.717.412.8
197528.517.613.1
197428.617.913.3
197328.818.213.5
197228.918.413.7
197124.918.813.9
19702519.114.2
19692519.414.6
19682519.815
196725.120.215.3
196625.120.715.1
1965–21.315.1
1964–2215.7
1963–22.716.2
1962–23.517
1961–24.418.8
1960–25.320.2
1959–26.319.9
1958–27.319.7
1957–28.420.5
1956–29.621.3
1955–30.822.3
1954–32.122.8
1953–33.523.3
1952–3523.9
1951–36.524.3
1950–38.124.7
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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