What is neonatal mortality rate in Ethiopia?

Neonatal mortality rate in Ethiopia was 2.52 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Ethiopia?

The highest recorded value was 6.74 deaths per 100 live births in 1983.

What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Ethiopia?

The lowest recorded value was 2.52 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Ethiopia rank for neonatal mortality rate?

Ethiopia ranks 21st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Ethiopia?

Over the last ten years it is down 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Ethiopia data come from?

The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Neonatal mortality rate in Ethiopia

Name: Neonatal mortality rate in Ethiopia
Creator: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Ethiopia: Neonatal mortality rate was 2.52 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

2.52 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 2.7%

World rank

21st

of 199 countries

All-time high

6.74 deaths per 100 live births

in 1983

All-time low

2.52 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1977–2024

Neonatal mortality rate in Ethiopia, 1977–2024

Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

In 2024, neonatal mortality rate in Ethiopia stood at 2.52 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 48 years on record.

The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 24.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Ethiopia peaked at 6.74 deaths per 100 live births in 1983 and was at its lowest, 2.52 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

That places Ethiopia 21st out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 48 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	6.71 deaths per 100 live births	6.7 deaths per 100 live births	6.72 deaths per 100 live births	3
1980s	6.49 deaths per 100 live births	6.05 deaths per 100 live births	6.74 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	5.43 deaths per 100 live births	4.91 deaths per 100 live births	5.95 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	4.36 deaths per 100 live births	3.87 deaths per 100 live births	4.81 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	3.29 deaths per 100 live births	2.87 deaths per 100 live births	3.76 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	2.67 deaths per 100 live births	2.52 deaths per 100 live births	2.79 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Ethiopia

18 Benin 2.72 deaths per 100 live births compare
19 Djibouti 2.71 deaths per 100 live births compare
20 Equatorial Guinea 2.63 deaths per 100 live births compare
22 Mozambique 2.51 deaths per 100 live births compare
23 Eswatini 2.5 deaths per 100 live births compare
24 Cameroon 2.48 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

More health data for Ethiopia

Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 744.3 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 19,997 deaths (2100)
Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 1,357 deaths (2026)
Deaths in armed conflicts by region 1,357 deaths (2026)
Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 1.25 million (2025)
Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 1.24 million (2025)
Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 1.29 million (2025)
Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 1.28 million (2025)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 1.33 million (2025)
Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 1.32 million (2025)

All data for Ethiopia →

Frequently asked questions

What is neonatal mortality rate in Ethiopia?: Neonatal mortality rate in Ethiopia was 2.52 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Ethiopia?: The highest recorded value was 6.74 deaths per 100 live births in 1983.
What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Ethiopia?: The lowest recorded value was 2.52 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Ethiopia rank for neonatal mortality rate?: Ethiopia ranks 21st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Ethiopia?: Over the last ten years it is down 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ethiopia data come from?: The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Neonatal mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .