Ethiopia

Child mortality in Ethiopia

Child mortality in Ethiopia: 25.1 per 100 live births in 1966 and 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
4.5 per 100 live births
Since 1966
−20.7 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
36 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in EthiopiaChild mortality in Ethiopia: 25.1 per 100 live births in 1966 and 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 32.3 per 100 live births in 1983, the lowest 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 32.3 per 100 live births in 1983, the lowest 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

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

YearEthiopiaWorld
20244.53.7
20235.23.8
20226.84
202174
20205.23.9
20195.44
20185.64
20175.84.1
20166.14.2
20156.44.3
20146.84.4
20137.14.5
20127.54.7
20117.95
20108.35.1
20098.75.3
20089.25.5
20079.75.7
200610.26
200510.86.2
200411.56.6
200312.16.8
200212.77.1
200113.47.4
2000147.7
199914.67.9
199815.38.3
199715.98.4
199616.68.6
199517.28.8
199417.98.9
199318.69.1
199219.29.2
199119.79.3
199020.29.4
198920.79.5
198821.110
198721.59.9
19863010.3
198530.610.6
198431.710.9
198332.311.1
198223.611.2
198123.911.6
198024.211.9
197924.411.9
197824.612.3
197724.612.6
197624.712.8
197528.513.1
197428.613.3
197328.813.5
197228.913.7
197124.913.9
19702514.2
19692514.6
19682515
196725.115.3
196625.115.1
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

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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