Ethiopia vs Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Mortality rate, infant, male

Ethiopia
39.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
14.73 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
32nd
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
31st

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
050100150200196619952024

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 39.6 per 1,000 live births against 14.73 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 24.87 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 2.7 times Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

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

Ethiopia ranks 32nd and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 31st of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) Difference Ahead
1990s 124.27 per 1,000 live births 40.15 per 1,000 live births 84.12 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2000s 86.89 per 1,000 live births 24.88 per 1,000 live births 62.01 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2010s 56.85 per 1,000 live births 17.97 per 1,000 live births 38.88 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2020s 47.66 per 1,000 live births 15.38 per 1,000 live births 32.28 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Ethiopia or Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
Ethiopia, at 39.6 per 1,000 live births against 14.73 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Ethiopia and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
24.87 per 1,000 live births, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
Ethiopia ranks 32nd and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 31st 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, male (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

Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, male (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, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.