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Saudi Arabia
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Ethiopia
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Saudi Arabia Population Pyramid
44,562,484
Ethiopia Population Pyramid
205,410,671
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
43.6
45.8
44.7
120
122
119
 
37.3
40.2
38.7
155
152
155
1970
50.9
53.8
52.3
112
113
114
 
41.5
44.5
43.0
155
152
153
1980
60.2
62.6
61.4
91
101
95
 
43.3
46.3
44.8
164
160
161
1990
66.4
69.7
68.0
72
94
90
 
46.1
49.1
47.5
168
168
168
2000
71.0
74.4
72.6
46
73
58
 
49.3
53.1
51.2
162
156
160
2010
72.4
75.1
73.7
56
94
74
 
60.1
63.6
61.8
144
144
146
2019
73.1
76.1
74.3
68
96
84
 
66.9
70.5
68.7
126
130
128
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.1
76.1
68
96
66.9
70.5
126
130
Age
73.1
76.1
68
96
66.9
70.5
126
130
Age 5
73.6
76.6
73
101
70.8
73.8
112
127
Age 10
73.7
76.7
73
101
71.2
74.2
108
125
Age 15
73.7
76.8
75
101
71.5
74.4
105
124
Age 20
73.9
76.9
75
101
71.9
74.7
103
124
Age 25
74.3
77.0
74
103
72.2
74.9
103
123
Age 30
74.7
77.3
74
102
72.6
75.2
103
123
Age 35
75.1
77.5
74
101
73.1
75.6
103
122
Age 40
75.6
77.9
75
101
73.6
76.1
102
121
Age 45
76.2
78.3
75
99
74.2
76.7
102
121
Age 50
77.0
78.9
73
99
75.1
77.5
102
116
Age 55
78.0
79.8
69
98
76.1
78.4
101
115
Age 60
79.3
80.8
66
96
77.4
79.4
101
112
Age 65
80.8
82.0
68
95
79.1
80.7
105
110
Age 70
82.6
83.5
65
92
81.2
82.4
108
111
Age 75
84.8
85.4
63
89
83.6
84.5
107
106
Age 80
87.4
87.7
62
90
86.5
87.2
105
101
Age 85
90.2
90.3
65
96
89.8
90.4
94
91
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
200.97
29
78.39
134
2. Stroke
95.93
76
83.71
90
3. Kidney Disease
50.63
11
24.20
81
4. Road Traffic Accidents
36.13
34
42.41
19
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.87
82
79.86
42
6. Liver Disease
26.88
69
50.31
11
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.52
41
21.74
30
8. Diabetes Mellitus
20.15
108
33.58
80
9. Falls
18.92
3
8.65
38
10. Lung Disease
17.85
118
25.66
75
11. Other Injuries
11.16
53
14.07
29
12. Breast Cancer
8.30
174
26.35
21
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.19
116
6.59
127
14. Congenital Anomalies
6.23
82
6.38
73
15. Inflammatory/Heart
6.16
64
3.59
120
16. Parkinson's Disease
5.96
25
3.68
119
17. Asthma
5.94
80
8.13
71
18. Endocrine Disorders
5.93
55
2.30
141
19. Suicide
5.43
133
9.45
80
20. Liver Cancer
4.82
104
3.00
167
21. Uterin Cancer
4.67
22
1.54
136
22. Hypertension
4.28
160
29.73
46
23. Lung Cancers
4.27
144
4.05
145
24. Skin Disease
3.68
23
1.67
88
25. Lymphomas
3.45
135
5.49
64
26. Leukemia
3.26
112
6.06
6
27. Ovary Cancer
2.77
152
7.86
9
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.55
98
63.15
22
29. Fires
2.54
65
3.73
33
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
130
0.83
170
31. Tuberculosis
2.44
101
25.31
44
32. Prostate Cancer
2.36
179
6.02
158
33. Low Birth Weight
2.33
140
9.52
37
34. Drownings
2.28
101
2.44
90
35. Violence
2.14
130
8.85
58
36. Epilepsy
2.13
57
2.02
65
37. Drug Use
2.02
44
0.71
140
38. Stomach Cancer
1.90
176
2.77
163
39. Oral Cancer
1.85
142
2.58
101
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.68
128
3.22
83
41. Cervical Cancer
1.58
177
16.48
49
42. Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
142
3.35
59
43. Bladder Cancer
1.17
145
2.06
92
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.01
119
2.22
60
45. Meningitis
0.94
83
13.13
25
46. Encephalitis
0.83
38
0.48
78
47. Birth Trauma
0.81
132
10.53
20
48. Poisonings
0.74
78
4.29
7
49. Malnutrition
0.50
115
11.17
26
50. HIV/AIDS
0.50
124
13.62
51
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
39,037
29.13
36,530
6.48
2. Stroke
16,793
12.53
39,362
6.98
3. Road Traffic Accidents
12,317
9.19
31,564
5.60
4. Kidney Disease
9,051
6.75
12,103
2.15
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,132
4.58
59,931
10.63
6. Falls
5,340
3.99
4,510
0.80
7. Liver Disease
4,931
3.68
27,270
4.84
8. Other Injuries
4,004
2.99
11,735
2.08
9. Diabetes Mellitus
3,890
2.90
16,258
2.88
10. Lung Disease
2,842
2.12
11,870
2.11
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,442
1.82
8,258
1.46
12. Congenital Anomalies
2,307
1.72
15,638
2.77
13. Suicide
2,046
1.53
6,030
1.07
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,630
1.22
3,755
0.67
15. Endocrine Disorders
1,447
1.08
1,623
0.29
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,342
1.00
2,168
0.38
17. Asthma
1,168
0.87
4,484
0.80
18. Low Birth Weight
989
0.74
28,020
4.97
19. Leukemia
925
0.69
4,222
0.75
20. Breast Cancer
908
0.68
8,485
1.51
21. Liver Cancer
845
0.63
1,730
0.31
22. Hypertension
834
0.62
13,470
2.39
23. Fires
825
0.62
3,255
0.58
24. Drownings
821
0.61
3,133
0.56
25. Parkinson's Disease
776
0.58
1,578
0.28
26. Lung Cancers
775
0.58
2,202
0.39
27. Tuberculosis
752
0.56
21,455
3.81
28. Lymphomas
716
0.53
3,590
0.64
29. Epilepsy
694
0.52
1,625
0.29
30. Violence
646
0.48
8,076
1.43
31. Pancreas Cancer
526
0.39
488
0.09
32. Skin Disease
516
0.39
904
0.16
33. Drug Use
491
0.37
513
0.09
34. Oral Cancer
465
0.35
1,477
0.26
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
457
0.34
44,361
7.87
36. Stomach Cancer
389
0.29
1,519
0.27
37. Birth Trauma
343
0.26
31,107
5.52
38. Uterin Cancer
323
0.24
421
0.07
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
280
0.21
1,339
0.24
40. Poisonings
279
0.21
3,668
0.65
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
275
0.21
1,758
0.31
42. Ovary Cancer
247
0.18
2,424
0.43
43. Encephalitis
234
0.17
386
0.07
44. Oesophagus Cancer
229
0.17
1,839
0.33
45. Meningitis
227
0.17
12,019
2.13
46. Bladder Cancer
214
0.16
1,080
0.19
47. HIV/AIDS
192
0.14
11,471
2.03
48. Maternal Conditions
172
0.13
8,887
1.58
49. Cervical Cancer
157
0.12
5,019
0.89
50. Prostate Cancer
148
0.11
1,244
0.22
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
8.30
174
26.35
21
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.19
116
6.59
127
3. Liver Cancer
4.82
104
3.00
167
4. Uterin Cancer
4.67
22
1.54
136
5. Lung Cancers
4.27
144
4.05
145
6. Lymphomas
3.45
135
5.49
64
7. Leukemia
3.26
112
6.06
6
8. Ovary Cancer
2.77
152
7.86
9
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
130
0.83
170
10. Prostate Cancer
2.36
179
6.02
158
11. Stomach Cancer
1.90
176
2.77
163
12. Oral Cancer
1.85
142
2.58
101
13. Cervical Cancer
1.58
177
16.48
49
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
142
3.35
59
15. Bladder Cancer
1.17
145
2.06
92
16. Skin Cancers
0.27
169
1.82
97
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.