Ethiopia vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Ethiopia
38.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Upper middle income
12 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
36th
Upper middle income rank
35th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Ethiopia
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 38.5 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 26.5 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 35th 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 | 161.63 per 1,000 live births | 44.99 per 1,000 live births | 116.64 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 101.14 per 1,000 live births | 27.29 per 1,000 live births | 73.85 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 58.43 per 1,000 live births | 15.54 per 1,000 live births | 42.89 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 50.8 per 1,000 live births | 12.54 per 1,000 live births | 38.26 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, Ethiopia or Upper middle income?
- Ethiopia, at 38.5 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Ethiopia and Upper middle income?
- 26.5 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, under-5, female?
- Ethiopia ranks 36th and Upper middle income ranks 35th 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.