What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Congo and Eritrea?

2.3 per 1,000 live births, with Congo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Eritrea?

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Congo vs Eritrea: Mortality rate, infant

Congo

27 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Eritrea

24.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Congo rank

54th

Eritrea rank

56th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Congo
Eritrea

How they compare

Congo currently reports 27 per 1,000 live births against 24.7 per 1,000 live births in Eritrea, a difference of 2.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Eritrea ahead.

Congo ranks 54th and Eritrea ranks 56th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 3 and Eritrea in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo	Eritrea	Difference	Ahead
1970s	66.78 per 1,000 live births	100.86 per 1,000 live births	34.08 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
1980s	59.22 per 1,000 live births	106.22 per 1,000 live births	47 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
1990s	65.89 per 1,000 live births	67.01 per 1,000 live births	1.12 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
2000s	58.25 per 1,000 live births	44.19 per 1,000 live births	14.06 per 1,000 live births	Congo
2010s	36.13 per 1,000 live births	32.96 per 1,000 live births	3.17 per 1,000 live births	Congo
2020s	28.58 per 1,000 live births	26.22 per 1,000 live births	2.36 per 1,000 live births	Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Congo or Eritrea?: Congo, at 27 per 1,000 live births against 24.7 per 1,000 live births in Eritrea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Congo and Eritrea?: 2.3 per 1,000 live births, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Eritrea?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Congo and Eritrea rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Congo ranks 54th and Eritrea ranks 56th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.