Ethiopia — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Ethiopia, 1966–2024.
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%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 30 of 48 economies; Kenya (34.2) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 35% in 1983. That is 21% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 28th of 143 in 1966 → 24th of 155 in 1970 → 8th of 179 in 1980 → 10th of 196 in 1990 → 20th of 196 in 2000 → 26th of 196 in 2010 → 30th of 196 in 2020 → 36th of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1966 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34.5 | -10.9% |
| 2023 | 38.7 | -19.9% |
| 2022 | 48.3 | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 49.9 | +26.6% |
| 2020 | 39.4 | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 40.8 | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 42.3 | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 44 | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 45.9 | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 47.9 | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 50 | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 52.2 | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 54.4 | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 56.8 | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 59.2 | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 61.8 | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 64.7 | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 67.7 | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 70.9 | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 74.4 | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 78 | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 81.7 | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 85.3 | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 88.9 | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 92.3 | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 95.7 | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 99.1 | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 102.8 | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 106.5 | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 110.3 | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 114.1 | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 117.9 | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 121.3 | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 124.4 | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 127.2 | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 129.7 | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 132.1 | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 134.3 | -26.4% |
| 1986 | 182.5 | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 186.1 | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 192.4 | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 195.6 | +35.0% |
| 1982 | 144.9 | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 146.3 | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 147.3 | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 147.9 | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 148.3 | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 148 | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 147.6 | -12.4% |
| 1975 | 168.4 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 168.4 | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 168.6 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 168.6 | +16.0% |
| 1971 | 145.3 | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 144.7 | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 144.3 | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 143.7 | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 143.2 | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 142.9 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Ethiopia’s Infant mortality in 1967?
143.2 (1967). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Ethiopia’s Infant mortality figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — per 1,000 live births — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Ethiopia’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1966 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -75.9% in total — about 2.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 34.5; 2023: 38.7; 2022: 48.3; 2021: 49.9; 2020: 39.4. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.