Ethiopia vs OECD members: Mortality rate, infant, female

Ethiopia
29.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
OECD members
5.29 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
40th
OECD members rank
41st

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

  • Ethiopia
  • OECD members
050100150200196619952024

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 29.1 per 1,000 live births against 5.29 per 1,000 live births in OECD members, a difference of 23.81 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 5.5 times OECD members's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Ethiopia has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 40th and OECD members ranks 41st of 197 countries.

Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia OECD members Difference Ahead
1990s 98.98 per 1,000 live births 13.59 per 1,000 live births 85.39 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2000s 65.75 per 1,000 live births 8.57 per 1,000 live births 57.18 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2010s 41.51 per 1,000 live births 6.24 per 1,000 live births 35.27 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2020s 36.34 per 1,000 live births 5.46 per 1,000 live births 30.88 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, Ethiopia or OECD members?
Ethiopia, at 29.1 per 1,000 live births against 5.29 per 1,000 live births in OECD members as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Ethiopia and OECD members?
23.81 per 1,000 live births, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and OECD members?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and OECD members rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
Ethiopia ranks 40th and OECD members ranks 41st 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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Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.