Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Gabon

Infant mortality rate in Gabon in 2024 — 25.9 per 1,000. Ranked 142 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 77%.

2024 25.9 per 1,000 −3.72% vs 2023
World rank 142of 196
Period maximum 112.8 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 25.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Gabon, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 112.8 per 1,0001962: 108.6 per 1,0001964: 104.4 per 1,0001966: 100.2 per 1,0001968: 96.1 per 1,0001970: 92 per 1,0001972: 88 per 1,0001974: 84 per 1,0001976: 80.1 per 1,0001978: 76.2 per 1,0001980: 72.4 per 1,0001982: 68.7 per 1,0001984: 65.5 per 1,0001986: 62.7 per 1,0001988: 60.6 per 1,0001990: 58.8 per 1,0001992: 57.4 per 1,0001994: 56.2 per 1,0001996: 54.8 per 1,0001998: 53 per 1,0002000: 50.7 per 1,0002002: 48.1 per 1,0002004: 45.5 per 1,0002006: 43.2 per 1,0002008: 40.8 per 1,0002010: 38.8 per 1,0002012: 36.4 per 1,0002014: 34.7 per 1,0002016: 32.6 per 1,0002018: 31.1 per 1,0002020: 28.8 per 1,0002022: 27.5 per 1,0002024: 25.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −86.9 (−77.04%) Average annual rate: -2.27 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Gabon 25.9 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Middle Africa computed 48.5 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 25.9 −1 −3.72%
2023 26.9 −0.6 −2.18%
2022 27.5 −1 −3.51%
2021 28.5 −0.3 −1.04%
2020 28.8 −1.3 −4.32%
2019 30.1 −1 −3.22%
2018 31.1 −0.9 −2.81%
2017 32 −0.6 −1.84%
2016 32.6 −1.1 −3.26%
2015 33.7 −1 −2.88%
2014 34.7 −0.6 −1.7%
2013 35.3 −1.1 −3.02%
2012 36.4 −1.1 −2.93%
2011 37.5 −1.3 −3.35%
2010 38.8 −1.2 −3%
2009 40 −0.8 −1.96%
2008 40.8 −1.1 −2.63%
2007 41.9 −1.3 −3.01%
2006 43.2 −1.1 −2.48%
2005 44.3 −1.2 −2.64%
2004 45.5 −1.3 −2.78%
2003 46.8 −1.3 −2.7%
2002 48.1 −1.3 −2.63%
2001 49.4 −1.3 −2.56%
2000 50.7 −1.2 −2.31%
1999 51.9 −1.1 −2.08%
1998 53 −1 −1.85%
1997 54 −0.8 −1.46%
1996 54.8 −0.8 −1.44%
1995 55.6 −0.6 −1.07%
1994 56.2 −0.6 −1.06%
1993 56.8 −0.6 −1.05%
1992 57.4 −0.7 −1.2%
1991 58.1 −0.7 −1.19%
1990 58.8 −0.9 −1.51%
1989 59.7 −0.9 −1.49%
1988 60.6 −1 −1.62%
1987 61.6 −1.1 −1.75%
1986 62.7 −1.4 −2.18%
1985 64.1 −1.4 −2.14%
1984 65.5 −1.6 −2.38%
1983 67.1 −1.6 −2.33%
1982 68.7 −1.8 −2.55%
1981 70.5 −1.9 −2.62%
1980 72.4 −1.8 −2.43%
1979 74.2 −2 −2.62%
1978 76.2 −1.9 −2.43%
1977 78.1 −2 −2.5%
1976 80.1 −1.9 −2.32%
1975 82 −2 −2.38%
1974 84 −2.1 −2.44%
1973 86.1 −1.9 −2.16%
1972 88 −2 −2.22%
1971 90 −2 −2.17%
1970 92 −2 −2.13%
1969 94 −2.1 −2.19%
1968 96.1 −2 −2.04%
1967 98.1 −2.1 −2.1%
1966 100.2 −2.1 −2.05%
1965 102.3 −2.1 −2.01%
1964 104.4 −2.2 −2.06%
1963 106.6 −2 −1.84%
1962 108.6 −2.1 −1.9%
1961 110.7 −2.1 −1.86%
1960 112.8

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.