Eswatini vs Ethiopia: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Eswatini
49.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia
50.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Eswatini rank
36th
Ethiopia rank
35th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 50.2 per 1,000 live births against 49.7 per 1,000 live births in Eswatini, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Eswatini ranks 36th and Ethiopia ranks 35th of 197 countries.

Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eswatini Ethiopia Difference Ahead
1960s 190.02 per 1,000 live births 264.75 per 1,000 live births 74.73 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
1970s 153.65 per 1,000 live births 277.88 per 1,000 live births 124.23 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
1980s 97.74 per 1,000 live births 274.18 per 1,000 live births 176.44 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
1990s 88.81 per 1,000 live births 187.83 per 1,000 live births 99.02 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2000s 116.11 per 1,000 live births 123.04 per 1,000 live births 6.93 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2010s 65.58 per 1,000 live births 74.87 per 1,000 live births 9.29 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2020s 52.2 per 1,000 live births 63.28 per 1,000 live births 11.08 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, male, Eswatini or Ethiopia?
Ethiopia, at 50.2 per 1,000 live births against 49.7 per 1,000 live births in Eswatini as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Eswatini and Ethiopia?
0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Ethiopia 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, male?
Eswatini ranks 36th and Ethiopia 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, 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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Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, 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

Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.