Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 4.13% to 48.7 in Ethiopia in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia reached an all time high of 249 in 1966 and an all time low of 48.7 in 2020. When compared to Ethiopia's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Eritrea amounted to 39.3, 41.9 in Kenya, 115 in Somalia and 56.6 in Sudan in 2020.
Ethiopia has been ranked 36th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mortality Rate, Under 5 Years (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Chad | 132 | 129 | 125 | 121 | 117 | |||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | 68.0 | 65.8 | 63.8 | 61.8 | 59.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 24.3 | 23.3 | 22.5 | 21.7 | 20.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | 47.9 | 46.3 | 44.8 | 43.3 | 41.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 65.9 | 62.4 | 59.0 | 55.9 | 53.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 50.6 | 48.9 | 47.2 | 45.9 | 44.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | 138 | 134 | 130 | 126 | 122 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 97.9 | 97.9 | 97.9 | 97.9 | 97.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 67.9 | 65.9 | 63.9 | 62.0 | 60.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | 59.9 | 58.1 | 56.0 | 54.1 | 52.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | 58.8 | 55.7 | 52.4 | 49.9 | 47.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | 58.7 | 60.7 | 60.3 | 60.2 | 61.6 |
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