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Statistics on Ethiopian Poverty

 

There is a direct correlation between poverty and starvation.

 

Starvation is preventable.

 

  • •According to research taken from Food First, the Institute for Food and Development, enough food is produced worldwide to provide every person on the planet with 4.3 lbs, or 3,500 calories daily.

     

  • It is important to realize that much of Ethiopia’s problems stem from larger World-wide issues.

     

  • •In order to make a more direct connection to Americans, these statistics compare aspects of Ethiopian living standards with ours, here in the United States.
 
           
Ethiopia
USA
% Children under 5 moderately to severely underweight
47
1
% Population using improved water for drinking
22
100
GNI per Capita in $US
90
37,610
Life Expectancy
46
77
Under 5 Mortality Rate
 
169
8
Phone Sets per 100 People
1
113 
 Infant Mortality Rate (under 1)
112
7

 

                                                      

Statistics from Unicef, 2003