Eswatini vs Ethiopia: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Eswatini
40.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia
38.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Eswatini rank
35th
Ethiopia rank
36th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 40.2 per 1,000 live births against 38.5 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 1.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Eswatini ranks 35th and Ethiopia ranks 36th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 1 and Ethiopia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Ethiopia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 171.03 per 1,000 live births | 235.85 per 1,000 live births | 64.82 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1970s | 135.59 per 1,000 live births | 247.14 per 1,000 live births | 111.55 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1980s | 82.29 per 1,000 live births | 244.28 per 1,000 live births | 161.99 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 74.49 per 1,000 live births | 161.63 per 1,000 live births | 87.14 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 102.58 per 1,000 live births | 101.14 per 1,000 live births | 1.44 per 1,000 live births | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 53.97 per 1,000 live births | 58.43 per 1,000 live births | 4.46 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 42.28 per 1,000 live births | 50.8 per 1,000 live births | 8.52 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Eswatini or Ethiopia?
- Eswatini, at 40.2 per 1,000 live births against 38.5 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Eswatini and Ethiopia?
- 1.7 per 1,000 live births, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Ethiopia?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Eswatini and Ethiopia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Eswatini ranks 35th and Ethiopia 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, under-5, 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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.