Botswana vs Ethiopia: Mortality rate, infant, female
Botswana
28.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia
29.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
41st
Ethiopia rank
40th
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Botswana
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 29.1 per 1,000 live births against 28.5 per 1,000 live births in Botswana, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Botswana ranks 41st and Ethiopia ranks 40th of 197 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Ethiopia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91.8 per 1,000 live births | 129.68 per 1,000 live births | 37.88 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1970s | 72.12 per 1,000 live births | 140.88 per 1,000 live births | 68.76 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1980s | 43.21 per 1,000 live births | 144.91 per 1,000 live births | 101.7 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 35.77 per 1,000 live births | 98.98 per 1,000 live births | 63.21 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 40.03 per 1,000 live births | 65.75 per 1,000 live births | 25.72 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 40.57 per 1,000 live births | 41.51 per 1,000 live births | 0.94 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 30.44 per 1,000 live births | 36.34 per 1,000 live births | 5.9 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Botswana or Ethiopia?
- Ethiopia, at 29.1 per 1,000 live births against 28.5 per 1,000 live births in Botswana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Botswana and Ethiopia?
- 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Ethiopia?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Ethiopia rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Botswana ranks 41st and Ethiopia ranks 40th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.