Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Eswatini

Infant mortality rate in Eswatini in 2024 — 42.2 per 1,000. Ranked 173 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 69.2%.

2024 42.2 per 1,000 −5.59% vs 2023
World rank 173of 196
Period maximum 136.8 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 42.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Eswatini, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 136.8 per 1,0001962: 134.7 per 1,0001964: 131.9 per 1,0001966: 128.8 per 1,0001968: 125.4 per 1,0001970: 121.1 per 1,0001972: 115.9 per 1,0001974: 109.4 per 1,0001976: 102.3 per 1,0001978: 95.6 per 1,0001980: 88.7 per 1,0001982: 81.4 per 1,0001984: 73.7 per 1,0001986: 66.5 per 1,0001988: 60.6 per 1,0001990: 56.7 per 1,0001992: 56.4 per 1,0001994: 60 per 1,0001996: 65.2 per 1,0001998: 69.1 per 1,0002000: 71.7 per 1,0002002: 73.1 per 1,0002004: 73.2 per 1,0002006: 63 per 1,0002008: 66.1 per 1,0002010: 60.4 per 1,0002012: 56 per 1,0002014: 56.5 per 1,0002016: 51.3 per 1,0002018: 47.7 per 1,0002020: 47.3 per 1,0002022: 45.9 per 1,0002024: 42.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −94.6 (−69.15%) Average annual rate: -1.82 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eswatini 42.2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Southern Africa computed 26.3 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 42.2 −2.5 −5.59%
2023 44.7 −1.2 −2.61%
2022 45.9 −0.3 −0.65%
2021 46.2 −1.1 −2.33%
2020 47.3 −0.3 −0.63%
2019 47.6 −0.1 −0.21%
2018 47.7 −3.4 −6.65%
2017 51.1 −0.2 −0.39%
2016 51.3 −2.8 −5.18%
2015 54.1 −2.4 −4.25%
2014 56.5 +1.1 +1.99%
2013 55.4 −0.6 −1.07%
2012 56 +0.7 +1.27%
2011 55.3 −5.1 −8.44%
2010 60.4 −3.4 −5.33%
2009 63.8 −2.3 −3.48%
2008 66.1 +2.4 +3.77%
2007 63.7 +0.7 +1.11%
2006 63 −9.2 −12.74%
2005 72.2 −1 −1.37%
2004 73.2 −0.5 −0.68%
2003 73.7 +0.6 +0.82%
2002 73.1 +0.5 +0.69%
2001 72.6 +0.9 +1.26%
2000 71.7 +1 +1.41%
1999 70.7 +1.6 +2.32%
1998 69.1 +1.6 +2.37%
1997 67.5 +2.3 +3.53%
1996 65.2 +3.1 +4.99%
1995 62.1 +2.1 +3.5%
1994 60 +2.2 +3.81%
1993 57.8 +1.4 +2.48%
1992 56.4 +0.4 +0.71%
1991 56 −0.7 −1.23%
1990 56.7 −1.7 −2.91%
1989 58.4 −2.2 −3.63%
1988 60.6 −2.8 −4.42%
1987 63.4 −3.1 −4.66%
1986 66.5 −3.5 −5%
1985 70 −3.7 −5.02%
1984 73.7 −10 −11.95%
1983 83.7 +2.3 +2.83%
1982 81.4 −3.8 −4.46%
1981 85.2 −3.5 −3.95%
1980 88.7 −3.4 −3.69%
1979 92.1 −3.5 −3.66%
1978 95.6 −3.3 −3.34%
1977 98.9 −3.4 −3.32%
1976 102.3 −3.6 −3.4%
1975 105.9 −3.5 −3.2%
1974 109.4 −3.4 −3.01%
1973 112.8 −3.1 −2.67%
1972 115.9 −2.8 −2.36%
1971 118.7 −2.4 −1.98%
1970 121.1 −2.3 −1.86%
1969 123.4 −2 −1.59%
1968 125.4 −1.7 −1.34%
1967 127.1 −1.7 −1.32%
1966 128.8 −1.6 −1.23%
1965 130.4 −1.5 −1.14%
1964 131.9 −1.4 −1.05%
1963 133.3 −1.4 −1.04%
1962 134.7 −1.2 −0.88%
1961 135.9 −0.9 −0.66%
1960 136.8

Southern Africa, 2024

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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.