Eswatini vs Sudan: Infant mortality rate
Eswatini
4.22 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sudan
4.29 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Eswatini rank
24th
Sudan rank
23rd
Infant mortality rate over time
- Eswatini
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 4.29 deaths per 100 live births against 4.22 deaths per 100 live births in Eswatini, a difference of 0.07 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Eswatini ahead.
Eswatini ranks 24th and Sudan ranks 23rd of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 6 and Sudan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13.91 deaths per 100 live births | 9.41 deaths per 100 live births | 4.5 deaths per 100 live births | Eswatini |
| 1960s | 13.08 deaths per 100 live births | 9.17 deaths per 100 live births | 3.91 deaths per 100 live births | Eswatini |
| 1970s | 10.73 deaths per 100 live births | 9.09 deaths per 100 live births | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | Eswatini |
| 1980s | 7.32 deaths per 100 live births | 10.43 deaths per 100 live births | 3.11 deaths per 100 live births | Sudan |
| 1990s | 6.21 deaths per 100 live births | 8.14 deaths per 100 live births | 1.92 deaths per 100 live births | Sudan |
| 2000s | 6.93 deaths per 100 live births | 6.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5817 deaths per 100 live births | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 5.35 deaths per 100 live births | 4.89 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4602 deaths per 100 live births | Eswatini |
| 2020s | 4.53 deaths per 100 live births | 4.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3292 deaths per 100 live births | Eswatini |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Eswatini or Sudan?
- Sudan, at 4.29 deaths per 100 live births against 4.22 deaths per 100 live births in Eswatini as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Eswatini and Sudan?
- 0.07 deaths per 100 live births, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Sudan?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Eswatini and Sudan rank globally for infant mortality rate?
- Eswatini ranks 24th and Sudan ranks 23rd 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 .