Which has higher number of infant deaths, Ethiopia or Pakistan?

Pakistan, at 341,323.0% against 145,121.0% in Ethiopia as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Ethiopia and Pakistan?

196,202.0%, with Pakistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Pakistan?

57 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ethiopia vs Pakistan: Number of infant deaths

Ethiopia

145,121.0%

in 2023

Pakistan

341,323.0%

in 2023

Ethiopia rank

5th

Pakistan rank

3rd

Number of infant deaths over time

Ethiopia
Pakistan

How they compare

Pakistan currently reports 341,323.0% against 145,121.0% in Ethiopia, a difference of 196,202.0%.

That makes Pakistan's figure about 2.4 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 57 years both countries report, Pakistan has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 5th and Pakistan ranks 3rd of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Pakistan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	179,397.7%	341,481.0%	162,083.3%	Pakistan
1970s	227,806.0%	380,774.7%	152,968.7%	Pakistan
1980s	305,799.8%	499,940.0%	194,140.2%	Pakistan
1990s	296,728.1%	529,200.8%	232,472.7%	Pakistan
2000s	242,625.7%	471,050.8%	228,425.1%	Pakistan
2010s	169,010.2%	429,593.7%	260,583.5%	Pakistan
2020s	149,816.0%	353,931.8%	204,115.8%	Pakistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Ethiopia or Pakistan?: Pakistan, at 341,323.0% against 145,121.0% in Ethiopia as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Ethiopia and Pakistan?: 196,202.0%, with Pakistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Pakistan?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2023.
How do Ethiopia and Pakistan rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Ethiopia ranks 5th and Pakistan ranks 3rd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Ethiopia vs Pakistan: Number of infant deaths. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-infant-deaths-gho/ethiopia/pakistan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-infant-deaths-gho/ethiopia/pakistan/">Ethiopia vs Pakistan: Number of infant deaths</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Number of infant deaths
Unit: %
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 12,536 data points, 1951–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

The number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.