-One in ten children die before their first birthday
-One in six children die before their fifth birthday
-44% of the population of Ethiopia is under 15 years old
-60% of children in Ethiopia are stunted because of malnutrition
-The median age in Ethiopia is 17.8 years
-1.5 million people are infected with AIDS (6th highest in the world) 720,000
children have been orphaned by AIDS alone, and there are 4.6 million
orphans in Ethiopia.
-Per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa
-In the 90s the population (3%) grew faster than food production (2.2%)
-Drought struck the country from 2000-2002 (first year no crops, second year no
seeds, third year no animals
-Half the children in Ethiopia will never attend school. 88% will never attend
secondary school.
-Coffee prices (Ethiopia’s only major export) fell 40-60% from 1998-2002.
-Ethiopia’s doctor to children ratio is 1 to 24,000.
-In 1993, after 30 long years of war, Eritrea broke from Ethiopia and became an
independent nation leaving Ethiopia landlocked without any major seafaring ports.
