Ethiopia vs Russia
Ethiopia vs Russia: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 4.5 per 100 live births in Ethiopia and 0.5 per 100 live births in Russia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 3.9 per 100 live births, or 8.56 times that in Russia.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Ethiopia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1966.
- In 2024, Ethiopia ranked 36 and Russia ranked 160 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
| Year | Ethiopia | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 6.4 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 7.1 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 7.5 | 1 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 7.9 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 8.3 | 1 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 8.7 | 1.1 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 9.2 | 1.1 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 9.7 | 1.2 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 10.2 | 1.3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 10.8 | 1.4 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 11.5 | 1.5 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 12.1 | 1.6 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 12.7 | 1.7 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 13.4 | 1.8 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 14 | 1.9 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 14.6 | 2 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 15.3 | 2.1 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 15.9 | 2.1 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 16.6 | 2.2 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 17.2 | 2.2 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 17.9 | 2.2 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 18.6 | 2.2 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 19.2 | 2.2 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 19.7 | 2.2 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 20.2 | 2.2 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 20.7 | 2.2 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 21.1 | 2.3 | 10 |
| 1987 | 21.5 | 2.3 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 30 | 2.4 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 30.6 | 2.5 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 31.7 | 2.6 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 32.3 | 2.6 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 23.6 | 2.7 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 23.9 | 2.7 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 24.2 | 2.7 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 24.4 | 2.8 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 24.6 | 2.8 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 24.6 | 2.8 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 24.7 | 2.8 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 28.5 | 2.8 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 28.6 | 2.8 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 28.8 | 2.8 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 28.9 | 2.8 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 24.9 | 2.8 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 25 | 2.9 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 25 | 2.9 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 25 | 3 | 15 |
| 1967 | 25.1 | 3.1 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 25.1 | 3.2 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | – | 3.4 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | – | 3.6 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | – | 3.8 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | – | 4 | 17 |
| 1961 | – | 4.3 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | – | 4.6 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | – | 4.9 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | – | 5.2 | 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 | – | 38.5 | 36 |
| 1910 | – | 44 | 36.4 |
| 1909 | – | 40.3 | 36.6 |
| 1908 | – | 39.6 | 37.2 |
| 1907 | – | 36.6 | 37.4 |
| 1906 | – | 40.3 | 38.1 |
| 1905 | – | 44.2 | 38.8 |
| 1904 | – | 37.7 | 38.9 |
| 1903 | – | 40.6 | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | 41.9 | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | 44.2 | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | 40.9 | 40.9 |
| 1899 | – | 39 | 40.8 |
| 1898 | – | 45.3 | 41.2 |
| 1897 | – | 42.2 | 41 |
| 1896 | – | 44.5 | 41.1 |
| 1895 | – | 45.3 | 41.3 |
| 1894 | – | 43 | 41.2 |
| 1893 | – | 40.9 | 41.2 |
| 1892 | – | 49.9 | 41.7 |
| 1891 | – | 44.2 | 41.3 |
| 1890 | – | 47.4 | 41.5 |
| 1889 | – | 44.7 | 41.2 |
| 1888 | – | 40.6 | 41 |
| 1887 | – | 41.6 | 41.1 |
| 1886 | – | 40.3 | 41.1 |
| 1885 | – | 43.9 | 41.2 |
| 1884 | – | 41.3 | 41.1 |
| 1883 | – | 46.1 | 41.4 |
| 1882 | – | 48.9 | 41.5 |
| 1881 | – | 40.9 | 41.1 |
| 1880 | – | 46.5 | 41.6 |
| 1879 | – | 40.9 | 41.1 |
| 1878 | – | 48.7 | 41.6 |
| 1877 | – | 42.2 | 41.2 |
| 1876 | – | 45.2 | 41.4 |
| 1875 | – | 43.2 | 41.5 |
| 1874 | – | 42.6 | 41.7 |
| 1873 | – | 42.6 | 41.8 |
| 1872 | – | 47.9 | 42.1 |
| 1871 | – | 44.5 | 42.2 |
| 1870 | – | 40.3 | 41.9 |
| 1869 | – | 44.7 | 42.1 |
| 1868 | – | 48.6 | 42.4 |
| 1867 | – | 39.5 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Ethiopia vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEthiopia: 13.2% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEthiopia: $785M in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEthiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025