# Child mortality rate: Ethiopia

4.45% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 59 years from 1966 to 2024 are below.

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/child-mortality) · [All countries and regions](/child-mortality).

## Every year

| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 4.45 |
| 2023 | 5.15 |
| 2022 | 6.81 |
| 2021 | 7.04 |
| 2020 | 5.15 |
| 2019 | 5.36 |
| 2018 | 5.58 |
| 2017 | 5.84 |
| 2016 | 6.13 |
| 2015 | 6.44 |
| 2014 | 6.77 |
| 2013 | 7.12 |
| 2012 | 7.48 |
| 2011 | 7.86 |
| 2010 | 8.27 |
| 2009 | 8.71 |
| 2008 | 9.18 |
| 2007 | 9.69 |
| 2006 | 10.24 |
| 2005 | 10.83 |
| 2004 | 11.46 |
| 2003 | 12.1 |
| 2002 | 12.74 |
| 2001 | 13.38 |
| 2000 | 14.01 |
| 1999 | 14.63 |
| 1998 | 15.25 |
| 1997 | 15.9 |
| 1996 | 16.56 |
| 1995 | 17.23 |
| 1994 | 17.89 |
| 1993 | 18.55 |
| 1992 | 19.15 |
| 1991 | 19.7 |
| 1990 | 20.2 |
| 1989 | 20.65 |
| 1988 | 21.09 |
| 1987 | 21.51 |
| 1986 | 29.95 |
| 1985 | 30.6 |
| 1984 | 31.73 |
| 1983 | 32.33 |
| 1982 | 23.58 |
| 1981 | 23.92 |
| 1980 | 24.19 |
| 1979 | 24.4 |
| 1978 | 24.57 |
| 1977 | 24.64 |
| 1976 | 24.7 |
| 1975 | 28.48 |
| 1974 | 28.61 |
| 1973 | 28.76 |
| 1972 | 28.9 |
| 1971 | 24.93 |
| 1970 | 24.96 |
| 1969 | 25.01 |
| 1968 | 25.03 |
| 1967 | 25.08 |
| 1966 | 25.14 |

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