Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Eritrea

Infant mortality rate in Eritrea in 2024 — 24.7 per 1,000. Ranked 141 in the world out of 196. Since 1975, the indicator has fallen by 79.6%.

2024 24.7 per 1,000 −2.76% vs 2023
World rank 141of 196
Period maximum 147.8 per 1,0001983
Period minimum 24.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1975–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Eritrea, 1975–2024050100150197519801985199019952000200520102015202020241975: 121.3 per 1,0001976: 97.4 per 1,0001977: 96.2 per 1,0001978: 95.1 per 1,0001979: 94.3 per 1,0001980: 93.6 per 1,0001981: 93 per 1,0001982: 92.3 per 1,0001983: 147.8 per 1,0001984: 146.3 per 1,0001985: 144.4 per 1,0001986: 88.7 per 1,0001987: 87.2 per 1,0001988: 85.5 per 1,0001989: 83.4 per 1,0001990: 80.8 per 1,0001991: 77.9 per 1,0001992: 74.6 per 1,0001993: 71.1 per 1,0001994: 67.5 per 1,0001995: 63.9 per 1,0001996: 60.6 per 1,0001997: 57.7 per 1,0001998: 55.1 per 1,0001999: 60.9 per 1,0002000: 50.8 per 1,0002001: 49.1 per 1,0002002: 47.4 per 1,0002003: 45.9 per 1,0002004: 44.5 per 1,0002005: 43.2 per 1,0002006: 42 per 1,0002007: 40.8 per 1,0002008: 39.7 per 1,0002009: 38.5 per 1,0002010: 37.5 per 1,0002011: 36.4 per 1,0002012: 35.4 per 1,0002013: 34.4 per 1,0002014: 33.4 per 1,0002015: 32.4 per 1,0002016: 31.3 per 1,0002017: 30.5 per 1,0002018: 29.6 per 1,0002019: 28.7 per 1,0002020: 27.8 per 1,0002021: 27 per 1,0002022: 26.2 per 1,0002023: 25.4 per 1,0002024: 24.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −96.6 (−79.64%) Average annual rate: -3.2 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eritrea

Eritrea 24.7 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 37.8 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 42.8 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 24.7 −0.7 −2.76%
2023 25.4 −0.8 −3.05%
2022 26.2 −0.8 −2.96%
2021 27 −0.8 −2.88%
2020 27.8 −0.9 −3.14%
2019 28.7 −0.9 −3.04%
2018 29.6 −0.9 −2.95%
2017 30.5 −0.8 −2.56%
2016 31.3 −1.1 −3.4%
2015 32.4 −1 −2.99%
2014 33.4 −1 −2.91%
2013 34.4 −1 −2.82%
2012 35.4 −1 −2.75%
2011 36.4 −1.1 −2.93%
2010 37.5 −1 −2.6%
2009 38.5 −1.2 −3.02%
2008 39.7 −1.1 −2.7%
2007 40.8 −1.2 −2.86%
2006 42 −1.2 −2.78%
2005 43.2 −1.3 −2.92%
2004 44.5 −1.4 −3.05%
2003 45.9 −1.5 −3.16%
2002 47.4 −1.7 −3.46%
2001 49.1 −1.7 −3.35%
2000 50.8 −10.1 −16.58%
1999 60.9 +5.8 +10.53%
1998 55.1 −2.6 −4.51%
1997 57.7 −2.9 −4.79%
1996 60.6 −3.3 −5.16%
1995 63.9 −3.6 −5.33%
1994 67.5 −3.6 −5.06%
1993 71.1 −3.5 −4.69%
1992 74.6 −3.3 −4.24%
1991 77.9 −2.9 −3.59%
1990 80.8 −2.6 −3.12%
1989 83.4 −2.1 −2.46%
1988 85.5 −1.7 −1.95%
1987 87.2 −1.5 −1.69%
1986 88.7 −55.7 −38.57%
1985 144.4 −1.9 −1.3%
1984 146.3 −1.5 −1.01%
1983 147.8 +55.5 +60.13%
1982 92.3 −0.7 −0.75%
1981 93 −0.6 −0.64%
1980 93.6 −0.7 −0.74%
1979 94.3 −0.8 −0.84%
1978 95.1 −1.1 −1.14%
1977 96.2 −1.2 −1.23%
1976 97.4 −23.9 −19.7%
1975 121.3

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.