Eritrea vs Gabon: Infant mortality rate
Eritrea
2.47 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Gabon
2.59 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Eritrea rank
56th
Gabon rank
55th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Eritrea
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 2.59 deaths per 100 live births against 2.47 deaths per 100 live births in Eritrea, a difference of 0.12 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 56th and Gabon ranks 55th of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 3 and Gabon in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.08 deaths per 100 live births | 7.81 deaths per 100 live births | 2.27 deaths per 100 live births | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 10.62 deaths per 100 live births | 6.53 deaths per 100 live births | 4.09 deaths per 100 live births | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 6.7 deaths per 100 live births | 5.57 deaths per 100 live births | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 4.42 deaths per 100 live births | 4.51 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0871 deaths per 100 live births | Gabon |
| 2010s | 3.29 deaths per 100 live births | 3.42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1274 deaths per 100 live births | Gabon |
| 2020s | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 2.75 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1302 deaths per 100 live births | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Eritrea or Gabon?
- Gabon, at 2.59 deaths per 100 live births against 2.47 deaths per 100 live births in Eritrea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Eritrea and Gabon?
- 0.12 deaths per 100 live births, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Gabon?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
- How do Eritrea and Gabon rank globally for infant mortality rate?
- Eritrea ranks 56th and Gabon ranks 55th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .