Ethiopia vs Rwanda: Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts

Ethiopia

29.5%

in 2016

Rwanda

28.0%

in 2020

Ethiopia rank

72nd

Rwanda rank

75th

Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts over time

Ethiopia currently reports 29.5% against 28.0% in Rwanda, a difference of 1.5%.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 72nd and Rwanda ranks 75th of 96 countries.

Indicator: Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts
Unit: % of children under 5 who received ORS packet
Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and UNICEF, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 96 places, 780 data points, 1985–2021
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of children under five years old with diarrhea, in the two weeks prior to the survey, who received oral rehydration salts.