ETHIOPIA Improving against poverty...

Comparison between Ethiopia and a western country, like Spain, is very unfair:

• Life expectancy at birth: Ethiopia 45 years - Spain 79 years
• Human Development Index: Ethiopia is number 170 of 177 - Spain is number 21 of 177
• GDP per Capita: Ethiopia 780 $ /year- Spain 22391 $/year
• Adult Literacy: Ethiopia 41% - Spain 98%

But Ethiopia seems to be improving. The following chart shows the progress that have been made during the last 10 years in Ethiopia, according to UN:

• Baby mortality rate is only reduced in only 4%. In 1990 19% of children died before 5 years. Today still 17% of them die before that age.
• National poverty has been reduced in only 4 points from 44 to 48%
• Education is improving and today 52% of girls have access to school, while only 29% in 1990
• Maternal mortality rate is reduced to one third

So it looks like Ethiopia is improving very slowly... But is it really improving? See my next post.

Click on chart to see compared figures for Ethiopia in 1990 and 2000.
Full report here