Ethiopia facts

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In General

• Ethiopia is ranked by the UN’s Human Development Index as one of the four poorest countries in the world
• Annual per-capita income is less than $1,000.00
  
• Over 65% of the population lives below the poverty rate

Population

• Population: 79,455,634
• Average Ethiopian woman gives birth to 5.2 children
  
• Population is expected to double in the next 20-30 years

Religion

• Christian 60.8% (Orthodox 50.6%, Protestant 10.2%), Muslim 32.8%, Traditional 4.6%, Other 1.8% (1994 census)
  

Child Health

• 1 in 4 women dies in pregnancy or childbirth
• 4 million children are orphaned, nearly 1 million by AIDS
• 1 in 10 children die before their first birthday
• 1 in 6 children die before age 5
• Over 50% of children are stunted
• Malnutrition is the underlying cause of more than half of all child deaths

General Health/Life Expectancy

• Average life expectancy is 53 for men, 58 for women
  
• 1 physician for every 34,988 people
• 1 in 4 women dies in childbirth or from a pregnancy-related illness
  
• 22% of the population has access to improved drinking sources: 81% in urban areas and 11% in rural
  
• 13% of the population has access to adequate sanitation facilities: 44% in urban areas and 7% in rural

Gender Issues

• Unlawful kidnapping and forced seizure of young girls for marriage is common in certain parts of Ethiopia, especially in the SNNPR (13%) and Oromia (11%).
• 80% of women and about 50% of men believe that there are at least some situations in which a husband is justified in beating his wife.
• Rape is a serious problem. A study on street violence among girls ages 10-24 in Addis Ababa found that 15% of the respondents had been raped, and during their first sexual activity, 43% had been coerced into sex.

HIV/AIDS

• Sub-Saharan Africa is more heavily affected by HIV and AIDS than any other region of the world. An estimated 22.5 million people are living with HIV in the region – around two thirds of the global total. In 2009, around 1.3 million people died from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and 1.8 million people became infected with HIV. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 14.8 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.