Equatorial Guinea — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Equatorial Guinea, 1982–2024.
Infant mortality for Equatorial Guinea was 47.6 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 43 years, from 1982 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 128.7 in 1982. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.34% per year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 15 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 8%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Equatorial Guinea sits above it. It peaked in 1982 and has fallen 63% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 27%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 13 of 48 economies; Mali (47.5) is just below it. That is 15% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Key figures
Full history — 1982 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47.6 | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 49.2 | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 50.7 | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 52.2 | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 53.9 | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 55.7 | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 57.2 | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 59.1 | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 60.9 | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 62.9 | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 65 | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 67.1 | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 69.3 | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 71.7 | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 74.3 | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 77.1 | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 80.3 | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 83.6 | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 87.2 | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 90.7 | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 94 | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 97.2 | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 100.3 | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 103.3 | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 106.2 | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 109 | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 111.4 | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 113.3 | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 114.7 | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 115.7 | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 116.3 | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 116.9 | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 117.3 | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 117.8 | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 118.2 | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 118.6 | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 119.2 | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 119.9 | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 121 | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 122.4 | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 124.2 | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 126.5 | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 128.7 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Equatorial Guinea’s Infant mortality in 1983?
126.5 (1983). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Equatorial Guinea’s Infant mortality figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — per 1,000 live births — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Equatorial Guinea’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1982 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -63.0% in total — about 2.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 47.6; 2023: 49.2; 2022: 50.7; 2021: 52.2; 2020: 53.9. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.