Ethiopia vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, infant
Ethiopia
34.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Upper middle income
10.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
36th
Upper middle income rank
36th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Ethiopia
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 34.5 per 1,000 live births against 10.9 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 23.6 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Ethiopia's figure about 3.2 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Ethiopia has been ahead every year.
Ethiopia ranks 36th and Upper middle income ranks 36th of 197 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 111.93 per 1,000 live births | 39.34 per 1,000 live births | 72.59 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 76.57 per 1,000 live births | 23.92 per 1,000 live births | 52.65 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 49.35 per 1,000 live births | 13.93 per 1,000 live births | 35.42 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 42.16 per 1,000 live births | 11.38 per 1,000 live births | 30.78 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Ethiopia or Upper middle income?
- Ethiopia, at 34.5 per 1,000 live births against 10.9 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Ethiopia and Upper middle income?
- 23.6 per 1,000 live births, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Ethiopia ranks 36th and Upper middle income ranks 36th 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 (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 is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.