Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Eastern Africa

Infant mortality rate in Eastern Africa in 2024 — 37.8 per 1,000. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 68.2%.

2024 37.8 per 1,000 −4.06% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 129.1 per 1,0001983
Period minimum 37.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1965–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Eastern Africa, 1965–2024050100150196519711977198319891995200120072013201920241965: 118.9 per 1,0001966: 126.4 per 1,0001967: 126 per 1,0001968: 125.5 per 1,0001969: 125.2 per 1,0001970: 124.7 per 1,0001971: 123.1 per 1,0001972: 126.8 per 1,0001973: 126 per 1,0001974: 125.6 per 1,0001975: 125.3 per 1,0001976: 119.5 per 1,0001977: 119.3 per 1,0001978: 119 per 1,0001979: 118.3 per 1,0001980: 120.2 per 1,0001981: 121.3 per 1,0001982: 120.1 per 1,0001983: 129.1 per 1,0001984: 125.4 per 1,0001985: 123.3 per 1,0001986: 121.3 per 1,0001987: 110.1 per 1,0001988: 117.2 per 1,0001989: 107.6 per 1,0001990: 106.5 per 1,0001991: 109.2 per 1,0001992: 108.3 per 1,0001993: 107.2 per 1,0001994: 104.4 per 1,0001995: 100 per 1,0001996: 98.5 per 1,0001997: 96 per 1,0001998: 95.5 per 1,0001999: 89.8 per 1,0002000: 86.2 per 1,0002001: 84.5 per 1,0002002: 78.5 per 1,0002003: 74.7 per 1,0002004: 71 per 1,0002005: 67.6 per 1,0002006: 64.4 per 1,0002007: 61.6 per 1,0002008: 58.9 per 1,0002009: 56.6 per 1,0002010: 55.2 per 1,0002011: 56.7 per 1,0002012: 51.1 per 1,0002013: 48.9 per 1,0002014: 48.8 per 1,0002015: 48.3 per 1,0002016: 47.4 per 1,0002017: 46.9 per 1,0002018: 43.2 per 1,0002019: 41.6 per 1,0002020: 40.8 per 1,0002021: 43.2 per 1,0002022: 43.2 per 1,0002023: 39.4 per 1,0002024: 37.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −81.1 (−68.23%) Average annual rate: -1.92 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Africa 37.8 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 37.8 −1.6 −4.06%
2023 39.4 −3.8 −8.77%
2022 43.2 −0 −0.1%
2021 43.2 +2.4 +5.86%
2020 40.8 −0.7 −1.77%
2019 41.6 −1.7 −3.86%
2018 43.2 −3.6 −7.79%
2017 46.9 −0.5 −1.15%
2016 47.4 −0.9 −1.84%
2015 48.3 −0.5 −0.97%
2014 48.8 −0.1 −0.23%
2013 48.9 −2.3 −4.4%
2012 51.1 −5.6 −9.87%
2011 56.7 +1.5 +2.73%
2010 55.2 −1.4 −2.48%
2009 56.6 −2.3 −3.91%
2008 58.9 −2.6 −4.24%
2007 61.6 −2.9 −4.48%
2006 64.4 −3.1 −4.64%
2005 67.6 −3.4 −4.85%
2004 71 −3.7 −4.91%
2003 74.7 −3.8 −4.87%
2002 78.5 −6 −7.06%
2001 84.5 −1.7 −1.98%
2000 86.2 −3.6 −4.01%
1999 89.8 −5.7 −5.95%
1998 95.5 −0.5 −0.53%
1997 96 −2.5 −2.53%
1996 98.5 −1.5 −1.49%
1995 100 −4.5 −4.29%
1994 104.4 −2.8 −2.57%
1993 107.2 −1.1 −1.06%
1992 108.3 −0.9 −0.78%
1991 109.2 +2.7 +2.53%
1990 106.5 −1.1 −1.04%
1989 107.6 −9.6 −8.18%
1988 117.2 +7.1 +6.49%
1987 110.1 −11.2 −9.27%
1986 121.3 −1.9 −1.58%
1985 123.3 −2.1 −1.68%
1984 125.4 −3.7 −2.88%
1983 129.1 +8.9 +7.44%
1982 120.1 −1.1 −0.92%
1981 121.3 +1.1 +0.89%
1980 120.2 +1.9 +1.57%
1979 118.3 −0.7 −0.55%
1978 119 −0.3 −0.28%
1977 119.3 −0.2 −0.13%
1976 119.5 −5.9 −4.68%
1975 125.3 −0.3 −0.25%
1974 125.6 −0.4 −0.29%
1973 126 −0.8 −0.6%
1972 126.8 +3.6 +2.95%
1971 123.1 −1.6 −1.26%
1970 124.7 −0.5 −0.41%
1969 125.2 −0.3 −0.25%
1968 125.5 −0.5 −0.36%
1967 126 −0.4 −0.35%
1966 126.4 +7.5 +6.33%
1965 118.9

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.