Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 3.41% to 25.5 in Eritrea in 2023, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Eritrea reached an all time high of 144 in 1983 and an all time low of 25.5 in 2023. When compared to Eritrea's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Djibouti amounted to 44.4, 67.8 in Somalia, 39.2 in Sudan and 34.7 in Yemen in 2023.
Eritrea has been ranked 54th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births.
| Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Chad | 69.2 | 67.4 | 65.5 | 63.6 | 61.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | 53.5 | 52.0 | 50.4 | 48.8 | 47.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 19.8 | 19.1 | 18.4 | 17.8 | 17.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | 30.6 | 29.6 | 28.7 | 27.9 | 27.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 44.2 | 42.5 | 41.0 | 39.6 | 38.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 38.5 | 37.8 | 37.2 | 36.9 | 36.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oman | 8.90 | 8.80 | 8.70 | 8.60 | 8.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 6.50 | 6.10 | 5.80 | 5.50 | 5.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | 96.7 | 85.8 | 75.7 | 73.7 | 71.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 173 | 91.8 | 72.6 | 72.6 | 72.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 46.5 | 45.3 | 44.0 | 42.8 | 41.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | 39.7 | 39.6 | 38.8 | 37.4 | 36.7 |
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