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Ethiopia — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Ethiopia, 1966–2024.
Latest value · 2024
34.5
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -75.9% since 1966
Infant mortality for Ethiopia was 34.5 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 59 years, from 1966 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 195.6 in 1983. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.42% per year.
Ethiopia ranks 36 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 18%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Ethiopia sits below it. It peaked in 1983 and has fallen 82% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 31%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
34.5
First (1966)
142.9
Change
-75.9%
Highest
195.6
in 1983
Lowest
34.5
in 2024
Average
107.0
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.42%
Years of data
59
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 34.5 |
| 2023 | 38.7 |
| 2022 | 48.3 |
| 2021 | 49.9 |
| 2020 | 39.4 |
| 2019 | 40.8 |
| 2018 | 42.3 |
| 2017 | 44 |
| 2016 | 45.9 |
| 2015 | 47.9 |
| 2014 | 50 |
| 2013 | 52.2 |
Reading this correctly. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Figures are in per 1,000 live births. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.