- 1 in 10 children die before their first birthday
- 1 in 6 children die before their fifth birthday
- 20% of infants are born with low birth weight
- The average Ethiopian woman gives birth to 6 children
- 1 in 5 women die in childbirth
- Doctor to child ratio is 1 to 24,000
- Overall doctor ratio is 1 to 35,000
- 60% of children are stunted because of malnutrition
- Malnutrition is the underlying cause of more than half of all child deaths
- 44% of the population is under 15 years old
- The median age is 17 years old
- Average life expectancy is 55 years
- Half of children will never attend school
- 88% will never attend secondary school
- Average class size in government schools is 85-100 children
- Adult literacy rate is 42%
- Total population of Ethiopia is 85,237,338
- There are approximately 5 million orphans in Ethiopia
- An estimated 750,000 are orphaned because of AIDS
- Over 1 million Ethiopians are infected with AIDS
- Adult prevalence of HIV is 2.1%
- An estimated 530,000 women have AIDS
- 47% of the population lives below the poverty rate
- The annual per capita income is less than $160
- Only 40% of the population has access to improved drinking-water sources
- Per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa
- In 2007, 6.3% of US international adoptions were from Ethiopia (1,254)
- In 2010, 22.7% of US international adoptions were from Ethiopia (2,511)
(https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/et.html)
(http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ethiopia_statistics.html)
(http://www.hopeforchildrenus.org/wp/?page_id=4)
(http://consider-it-purejoy.blogspot.com/)
