Facts about Ethiopia

Total population: 77 million
The average income in Ethiopia is US$100 a year.
Almost 82% of the population lives on less than $1 a day.
Malnutrition levels are among the highest in the world.
The average life expectancy is 43 years.
Ethiopia is home to 4 million orphans, or 12% of all children.
More than half a million of these were orphaned as a result of AIDS.
Literacy rate: 42.7% age 15 and over can read and write.
Only 18 percent of children reach grade five.
Ethiopia's neonatal mortality rate is one of the highest in the world - 49/1000 births with tetanus infection being the second major cause of infant/neonatal death.

Statistics are from the CIA, Save the children, WHO and UNICEF websites.