Ethiopia Fun Facts

For our Stateside readers (Hi Jenny) who might not be familiar with conditions in ET and are numbers-oriented (Hi Dad), here are some quick facts about Ethiopia. The statistics are heavily health-oriented as that’s the area I work in.

Population: 74 million

Population below poverty line ($0.50 per day): 50%

Number of native languages spoken: 88

Currency: Ethiopian Birr (=$0.113)

Religion (percentages vary wildly by study): 51% Orthodox Christian, 33% Muslim, 10% Protestant

Life expectancy: 41 years (US 76 years)

Average annual income: $110 (US $27,000)

Child malnutrition: 48% (US: 0%)

Completed primary school: 2.6% (US: about 100%)

Literacy rate: 42.7% (US: 99%)

Births per female: 5.4 (US: less than 2)

Child mortality: 123 per 1,000 (US: 8 per 1,000)

Infant mortality: 77 per 1,000 live births (US: 7 per 1,000)

Maternal mortality: 673 per 100,000 live births (US: 9 per 100,000)

Women who receive pre-natal medical care: less than 1%

Births taking place at a health facility with trained staff: 6% (US: 99%)

Number of cell phones: 410,600

Number of television stations: 1

Number of internet service providers: 1

 

 

Comments

[Jenny]

Wow. That put my financial woes into perspective, now, doesn't it?

[John]

You left out how many miles of bikeable roads there are (for us bicycle oriented folks ;-).

FYI - I have reminded Lucy & John T. about the blog a couple of times, but I haven't seen any evidence of them on here.

[jio]

Wouldn't that be like introducing a friend by income?. Besides, the info is googleable. My apologies if I am meddling in a family correspondence.

[Emily Evens]

Hey Marc! I read too, I just don't ever comment since all I would say is "Wow, Marc's life is really interesting". I'm hoping my lack of witty response is only due to the fact that I now spend more time making animal noises every day than actually speaking or writing in complete sentences and not a permanent condition. (I had to ask Noah how to spell sentence...jeeze.) Anyway, I enjoy keeping up with you, Laurel and Jane. A quick aside: did you know that a Toby won Best in Show last week? Good boy.

[Stew]

YAY TOBY!!!!

[Mamitu]

Marc, here is a piece of humble pie.

U.S., Britain ranked last in child welfare.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17155848/