Historical chart and dataset showing Ethiopia death rate by year from 1950 to 2025.

In 2023, the death rate in deaths per 1,000 inhabitants in Ethiopia amounted to ****. Between 1960 and 2023, the figure dropped by *****, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) in Ethiopia was reported at 5.96 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ethiopia - Death rate, crude - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Ethiopia ET: Death Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data was reported at 6.825 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.997 Ratio for 2015. Ethiopia ET: Death Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 18.966 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 25.000 Ratio in 1960 and a record low of 6.825 Ratio in 2016. Ethiopia ET: Death Rate: Crude: per 1000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

The death rate in Ethiopia decreased to 5.96 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the previous year. Therefore, 2023 marks the lowest death rate during the observed period. Notably, the death rate is continuously decreasing over the last years.The crude death rate is the annual number of deaths divided by the total population, expressed per 1,000 people.Find more statistics on other topics about Ethiopia with key insights such as infant mortality rate, total fertility rate, and total life expectancy at birth.

Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people) in Ethiopia was reported at 19 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ethiopia - Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

The infant mortality rate in Ethiopia decreased by 1.3 deaths per 1,000 live births (-3.51 percent) compared to the previous year. Therefore, the infant mortality rate in Ethiopia saw its lowest number in that year with 35.7 deaths per 1,000 live births. The infant mortality rate is the number of newborns who do not survive past the first 12 months of life. This is generally expressed as a value per 1,000 live births, and also includes neonatal mortality (deaths within the first 28 days of life).Find more statistics on other topics about Ethiopia with key insights such as total life expectancy at birth, death rate, and crude birth rate.

Historical chart and dataset showing Ethiopia maternal mortality rate by year from 1985 to 2023.

This bar chart displays death rate (per 1,000 people) by country using the aggregation average, weighted by population in Ethiopia. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

This scatter chart displays male population (people) against death rate (per 1,000 people) in Ethiopia. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

In 2023, the total life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia remained nearly unchanged at around 67.32 years. Nevertheless, 2023 still represents a peak in the life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia with 67.32 years. These figures refer to the expected lifespan of the average newborn in a given country or region, providing that mortality patterns at the time of birth remain constant thereafter.Find more statistics on other topics about Ethiopia with key insights such as total fertility rate, infant mortality rate, and death rate.

Éthiopie: Death rate, per 1000 people: Pour cet indicateur, La Banque mondiale fournit des données pour la Éthiopie de 1960 à 2022. La valeur moyenne pour Éthiopie pendant cette période était de 17.06 deaths per 1000 people avec un minimum de 6.44 deaths per 1000 people en 2019 et un maximum de 28.37 deaths per 1000 people en 1983.

IntroductionDiseases have a negative impact on production and profitability of small ruminants. A good herd health program can decrease the number of sick animals and improve herd performance.MethodsIn a longitudinal study, small ruminant herd health interventions such as community-based strategic gastrointestinal (GI) parasite control, prevention and control of major respiratory diseases and capacity development activities were implemented. In four districts of Ethiopia, where the Community Based Breeding Program (CBBP) is implemented, morbidity and mortality data were collected from January 2018 to July 2021 in 1047 smallholder farms with the objective of evaluating the impact of herd health interventions. A total of 2,643 sick animals and 516 deaths of small ruminants were recorded during the study period. The disease cases were categorized into eight groups: gastrointestinal, neurological, reproductive, respiratory, skin, systemic, other diseases (eye disease, foot disease etc) and unknown diseases. Chi-square and proportions were used to analyze morbidity and mortality by district, agro-ecological zone and age of the animal.ResultsThe data showed that the general trend in the occurrence of cases and morbidity rate were decreasing from 2018 to 2021 in intervention villages. Overall, the morbidity rate in young animals (7.36%) was highier than in adults (3.49%) and the mortality rate difference between young and adult animals was also statistically significant (p 

Abstract

Introduction Dabat Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS), also called the Dabat Research Center (DRC), was established at Dabat District in 1996 after conducting initial census. Later re-census was done in 2008. The surveillance is run by the College of Medicine and Health Sciences which is one of the colleges/faculties of the University of Gondar. Dabat district is one of the 21 districts in North Gondar Administrative Zone of Amhara Region in Ethiopia. According to the report published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2007, the district has an estimated total population of 145,458 living in 27 rural and 3 urban Kebeles (sub-districts). The altitude of the district ranges from about 1000 meters to over 2500 meters above sea level. The district population largely depends on subsistence agriculture economy. There are two health centers, three health stations, and twenty-nine health posts providing health services for the community. An all-weather road runs from Gondar town through Dabat to some towns of Tigray. Dabat town, the capital of Dabat District, is located approximately 821 km northwest of Addis Ababa and 75 kms north of Gondar town. The surveillance is funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through Ethiopian Public Health Association.

Objectives Dabat HDSS/ Dabat Research Centre was established to generate longitudinal data on health and population at district level and provide a study base and sampling frame for community-based research.

Methods Dabat district was initially selected purposively as a surveillance site for its unique three climatic conditions, namely Dega (high land and cold), Woina dega (mid land and temperate) and Kolla (low land and hot). The choice was made with the assumption that there would be differences in morbidity and mortality in the different climatic areas. Accordingly, seven kebeles from Dega, one kebele from Woina dega, and two kebeles from Kolla were selected randomly after stratification of the kebeles by climatic zone.

After the re-census, update has been done regularly every 6 months. During each round, data has been collected using a semi-structured questionnaire which included information related to birth and other pregnancy outcomes, death, migration, and marital status change. Interviews are administered to the heads of the household but in the absence of the head, the next elder family member is interviewed. This is only done after repeated trial of getting the head. While the regular update round is every six months, deaths that occur in the surveillance site are reported immediately to the data collectors by the local guides. After the mourning period, usually 45 days, the trained data collectors administer Verbal Autopsy (VA) questionnaire to the close relative of the deceased to get information on the possible cause(s) of death. Three VA questionnaires are prepared for the age groups 0-28 days, 29 days to 15 years, and greater than 15 years. To assign cause(s) of death, the VA data collected by data collectors is given to physicians who have got training on VA. These physicians independently assign causes of death using the standard International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).

Geographic coverage

Dabat Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) included seven rural kebeles (sub districts) and three urban kebeles in Dabat district which is located 75 km North of Gondar town in Ethiopia. There are highlands, midlands and few low land households in the HDSS site.

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

All individuals residing in Dabat HDSS site.

Kind of data

Event history data

Frequency of data collection

Two rounds per year

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

All questionnaires are prepared in Amharic language. The surveillance questionnaires are related to birth and other pregnancy outcomes, death, and migration.

Cleaning operations

The filled questionnaire is checked by filled supervisors, document clerk, data entry clerks for missings and other violations. In addition, DRC Software, a software developed from Microsoft Access and Visual Basic, checks violations against set of rules for data quality during data entry.

Response rate

100% response rate

Sampling error estimates

Not applicable

Data appraisal

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In 2021, Madagascar had the highest age-standardized death rate due to heart disease, with *** deaths per 100,000 individuals in the country. This was the highest recorded rate in the East African region. On the other hand, Ethiopia had the lowest heart disease death rate, with *** deaths per 100,000 people.

Ethiopia was one of the countries supported by USAID through the Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) to roll out a Community-Based Newborn Care (CBNC) program from October 2014- December 2017, also referred to as Newborns in Ethiopia Gaining Attention (NEGA). The project covered four regional states of Ethiopia: Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, and SNNPR, representing 86% of the country’s total population. The overall goal of the MCSP CBNC/NEGA project is to contribute to the reduction of neonatal morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia through capacity-building to provide high-impact services both at the community and the Primary Health Care Unit (PHCU) level. A baseline survey was carried out in 2015 to obtain the benchmarks for key maternal and newborn health indicators, and an endline was carried out in 2017.

The total fertility rate in Ethiopia decreased to 3.99 children per woman compared to the previous year. As a result, the fertility rate in Ethiopia saw its lowest number in 2023 with 3.99 children per woman. The total fertility rate is the average number of children that a woman of childbearing age (generally considered 15 to 44 years) is expected to have throughout her reproductive years. Unlike birth rates, which are based on the actual number of live births in a given population, fertility rates are estimates (similar to life expectancy) that apply to a hypothetical woman, as they assume that current patterns in age-specific fertility will remain constant throughout her reproductive years.Find more statistics on other topics about Ethiopia with key insights such as death rate, crude birth rate, and infant mortality rate.

This scatter chart displays death rate (per 1,000 people) against carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) (Mt of CO2 equivalent) in Ethiopia. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

This is a working package under a bigger project named “Estimating the public health burden of Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, and Campylobacter in Ethiopia (TARTARE) funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Kingdom Department for International Development. The overarching goal of TARTARE is to reduce morbidity and mortality from foodborne disease by developing a risk-based framework for making decisions and allocating resources around food safety across the food systems of low- and middle-income countries using Ethiopia as a model. The primary objective of this specific work is to estimate the burden of nontyphoidal Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and Campylobacter in Ethiopia. The project consists of three cross-sectional epidemiological studies: 1) Cross-Sectional Laboratory Study; 2) Cross-Sectional Healthcare Worker Study and 3) Cross-Sectional Community Study. A cross-sectional healthcare worker survey was conducted in the catchment areas served by Yekatit 12, University of Gondar and Hiwot Fana hospitals to estimate multipliers needed to scale up the incidence rates estimates. Healthcare facilities were randomly selected from each geographical stratum using a pre-identified sampling frame. Healthcare facility administrator and healthcare workers were randomly selected from each selected facility and surveyed through a face-to-face interview about their diagnostic and treatment practices for diarrheal illness. The specific aims of this study were to characterize preventive, diagnostic, and treatment practices for diarrhea illness employed by healthcare workers in Ethiopia, estimate patient costs incurred for healthcare procurement and delivery and Develop Burden of Disease (BOD) multipliers to adjust Foodborne Disease incidence estimates for healthcare worker diagnostic and clinical care practices.

Abstract

Dabat Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS), also called the Dabat Research Center (DRC), was established at Dabat District in 1996 after conducting initial census. Later re-census was done in 2008. The surveillance is run by the College of Medicine and Health Sciences which is one of the colleges/faculties of the University of Gondar. Dabat district is one of the 21 districts in North Gondar Administrative Zone of Amhara Region in Ethiopia. According to the report published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2007, the district has an estimated total population of 145,458 living in 27 rural and 3 urban Kebeles (sub-districts). The altitude of the district ranges from about 1000 meters to over 2500 meters above sea level. The district population largely depends on subsistence agriculture economy. There are two health centers, three health stations, and twenty-nine health posts providing health services for the community. An all-weather road runs from Gondar town through Dabat to some towns of Tigray. Dabat town, the capital of Dabat District, is located approximately 821 km northwest of Addis Ababa and 75 kms north of Gondar town. The surveillance is funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through Ethiopian Public Health Association.

Dabat HDSS/ Dabat Research Centre was established to generate longitudinal data on health and population at district level and provide a study base and sampling frame for community-based research.

Dabat district was initially selected purposively as a surveillance site for its unique three climatic conditions, namely Dega (high land and cold), Woina dega (mid land and temperate) and Kolla (low land and hot). The choice was made with the assumption that there would be differences in morbidity and mortality in the different climatic areas. Accordingly, seven kebeles from Dega, one kebele from Woina dega, and two kebeles from Kolla were selected randomly after stratification of the kebeles by climatic zone.

After the re-census, update has been done regularly every 6 months. During each round, data has been collected using a semi-structured questionnaire which included information related to birth and other pregnancy outcomes, death, migration, and marital status change. Interviews are administered to the heads of the household but in the absence of the head, the next elder family member is interviewed. This is only done after repeated trial of getting the head. While the regular update round is every six months, deaths that occur in the surveillance site are reported immediately to the data collectors by the local guides. After the mourning period, usually 45 days, the trained data collectors administer Verbal Autopsy (VA) questionnaire to the close relative of the deceased to get information on the possible cause(s) of death. Three VA questionnaires are prepared for the age groups 0-28 days, 29 days to 15 years, and greater than 15 years. To assign cause(s) of death, the VA data collected by data collectors is given to physicians who have got training on VA. These physicians independently assign causes of death using the standard International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).

Geographic coverage

Dabat HDSS included seven rural kebeles (sub districts) and three urban kebeles in Dabat district which is located 75 km North of Gondar town in Ethiopia. There are highlands, midlands and few low land households in the HDSS site.

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

All individuals residing in Dabat HDSS site

Kind of data

Event history data

Frequency of data collection

Two rounds per year

Sampling procedure

Not applicable

Sampling deviation

NA

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

All questionnaires are prepared in Amharic language. The surveillance questionnaires are related to birth and other pregnancy outcomes, as well as death, and migration.

Cleaning operations

The filled questionnaire is checked by filled supervisors, document clerk, data entry clerks for missings and other violations. In addition, DRC Software, a software developed from Microsoft Access and Visual Basic, checks violations against set of rules for data quality during data entry.

Response rate

On an average the response rate is about 99% over the years in every round.

Sampling error estimates

Not applicable

Data appraisal

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