Health in Ethiopia 1,318 indicators covering health for Ethiopia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2 73 2019 down 39.7% 16th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q3 72 2019 down 25.0% 15th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q4 62 2019 down 38.0% 17th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q5 46 highest 2019 down 46.5% 17th Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q1 58 lowest 2019 down 36.3% 11th Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2 62 2019 down 26.2% 7th Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q3 57 2019 down 5.0% 7th Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q4 49 2019 down 25.8% 11th Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q5 39 highest 2019 down 35.0% 9th Primary health care expenditure (PHCE) per сapita in US$ 22.09 2020 — 64th Private prepaid plans 1.5% 2011 up 109.9% 29th Health expenditure, private 42.3% 2011 down 1.4% 36th Reported number of individuals treated for onchocerciasis 20.33 million 2024 up 108.6% 3rd Health expenditure 1.41 billion current US$ 2011 up 269.9% 15th Ever breastfed 95.5 2019 down 2.0% 38th Ever breastfed 95.5 2019 down 2.0% 38th Continued breastfeeding 12-23 months 81.1 2019 down 9.8% 6th Continued breastfeeding 81.08 2019 down 9.8% 6th Pharmaceutical Technicians and Assistants 14,408 2024 up 610.1% 7th HIV-positive TB patients on CPT (co-trimoxazole preventive therapy) 37.0% 2012 down 58.0% 85th Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technicians 12,074 2024 up 327.7% 7th Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Children born in the last 24 months 72 2019 up 39.8% 10th Early initiation of breastfeeding 71.98 2019 up 39.7% 10th Social Security expenditure on health 0.0% 2011 — 28th 2.2.2a Prevalence of wasting among children under 5 6.8 2019 down 30.6% 18th Proportion of bloodstream infection due to Escherichia coli resistant 84.2% 2023 down 15.8% 4th Population with access to an insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) for 22.4% 2024 down 44.3% 37th Dental Assistants and Therapists 1,169 2024 up 644.6% 13th Meningococcal A conjugate (MENGA) vaccine immunization coverage (%) 0.0% 2025 — 16th Community Health Workers 57,173 2024 up 53.4% 11th Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professionals 2,908 2024 up 133.4% 6th Estimated number of individuals in the country requiring preventive 30.56 million 2024 up 152.4% 3rd Government health expenditure per capita 7 current US$ 2009 up 133.3% 46th Commitments to recipient countries 765.29 2010 up 475.1% 3rd Disbursements to recipient countries 715.06 2010 up 2,051.2% 4th Reported malaria deaths 936 total 2011 down 44.3% 20th Proportion of population who say that overall they are satisfied with 52.0% 2023 down 11.9% 14th Introduction to solid, semi-solid foods 69 2019 up 41.7% 32nd Mixed Milk Feeding 9.7 2019 down 35.4% 22nd Infants exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life 58.8% 2019 up 13.2% 18th Population with household spending on health greater than 25% of 0.5% 2018 up 150.0% 37th Population pushed below a relative poverty line by household health 0.9% 2018 up 111.4% 35th Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 0.3% 2018 up 93.8% 33rd Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are) 13.4% 2019 up 8.1% 22nd Introduction of solid, semi-solid or soft foods 6-8 months 69 2019 up 41.7% 31st Female headed households 22.1% 2019 down 15.3% 22nd Domestic general government expenditure on PHC as % of primary health 25.0% 2020 — 20th Children aged <5 years wasted for age 8.7% 2014 down 29.3% 22nd Deaths due to tuberculosis among HIV-negative people, high 24 per 100,000 population 2011 down 59.3% 37th Deaths due to tuberculosis among HIV-negative people, low uncertainty 14 per 100,000 population 2011 down 39.1% 17th Population with household spending on health greater than 10% of 7.9% 2018 up 285.4% 15th Population pushed further below a relative poverty line by household 9.5% 2018 up 41.0% 17th Number of HIV positive pregnant women receiving antiretrovirals 10,103 2011 up 626.8% 15th HIV positive pregnant women receiving antiretrovirals, using 28.0% 2011 up 1,300.0% 30th HIV positive pregnant women receiving antiretrovirals, using 20.0% 2011 up 900.0% 29th Number of insecticide classes to which resistance was reported 1 2015 down 50.0% 30th Percentage of sites for which pyrethroid resistance was reported 92 2015 up 217.2% 10th Percentage of sites for which organochlorine resistance was reported 100 2014 up 20.5% 1st ← Previous Page 22 of 22