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
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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About this data
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.