Ethiopia vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rates at age 25
Ethiopia
0.389 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Zimbabwe
0.3826 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Ethiopia rank
22nd
Zimbabwe rank
24th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Ethiopia
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 0.389 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.3826 deaths per 1,000 people in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.0064 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 22nd and Zimbabwe ranks 24th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 5 and Zimbabwe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6742 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5418 deaths per 1,000 people | Ethiopia |
| 1960s | 1.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5449 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5445 deaths per 1,000 people | Ethiopia |
| 1970s | 1.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7145 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4099 deaths per 1,000 people | Ethiopia |
| 1980s | 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4616 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5471 deaths per 1,000 people | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 0.8152 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8272 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.012 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 0.6695 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3743 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 0.4674 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5426 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0752 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 0.3981 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3906 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0075 deaths per 1,000 people | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Ethiopia or Zimbabwe?
- Ethiopia, at 0.389 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.3826 deaths per 1,000 people in Zimbabwe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Ethiopia and Zimbabwe?
- 0.0064 deaths per 1,000 people, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Zimbabwe?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Ethiopia and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Ethiopia ranks 22nd and Zimbabwe ranks 24th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.