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Eritrea — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Eritrea, 1975–2024.
Latest value · 2024
24.7
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -79.6% since 1975
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
24.7
First (1975)
121.3
Change
-79.6%
Highest
147.8
in 1983
Lowest
24.7
in 2024
Average
62.8
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.20%
Years of data
50
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 24.7 |
| 2023 | 25.4 |
| 2022 | 26.2 |
| 2021 | 27 |
| 2020 | 27.8 |
| 2019 | 28.7 |
| 2018 | 29.6 |
| 2017 | 30.5 |
| 2016 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 32.4 |
| 2014 | 33.4 |
| 2013 | 34.4 |
Reading this correctly. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Figures are in per 1,000 live births. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.