Eritrea — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Eritrea, 1975–2024.
Infant mortality for Eritrea was 24.7 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 50 years, from 1975 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 147.8 in 1983. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.20% per year.
Eritrea ranks 56 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 29%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Eritrea sits below it. It peaked in 1983 and has fallen 83% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 26%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 43 of 48 economies; South Africa (24.2) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 60% in 1983. That is 14% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 35th of 168 in 1975 → 52nd of 179 in 1980 → 47th of 196 in 1990 → 60th of 196 in 2000 → 55th of 196 in 2010 → 57th of 196 in 2020 → 56th of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1975 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24.7 | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 25.4 | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 26.2 | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 27 | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 27.8 | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 28.7 | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 29.6 | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 30.5 | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 31.3 | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 32.4 | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 33.4 | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 34.4 | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 35.4 | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 36.4 | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 37.5 | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 38.5 | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 39.7 | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 40.8 | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 42 | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 43.2 | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 44.5 | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 45.9 | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 47.4 | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 49.1 | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 50.8 | -16.6% |
| 1999 | 60.9 | +10.5% |
| 1998 | 55.1 | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 57.7 | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 60.6 | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 63.9 | -5.3% |
| 1994 | 67.5 | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 71.1 | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 74.6 | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 77.9 | -3.6% |
| 1990 | 80.8 | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 83.4 | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 85.5 | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 87.2 | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 88.7 | -38.6% |
| 1985 | 144.4 | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 146.3 | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 147.8 | +60.1% |
| 1982 | 92.3 | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 93 | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 93.6 | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 94.3 | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 95.1 | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 96.2 | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 97.4 | -19.7% |
| 1975 | 121.3 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Eritrea’s Infant mortality in 1976?
97.4 (1976). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Eritrea’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 Eritrea’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1975 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -79.6% in total — about 3.2% 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: 24.7; 2023: 25.4; 2022: 26.2; 2021: 27; 2020: 27.8. 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.