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

1.2 per 1,000 live births, with Eritrea ahead.

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

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.

Eritrea vs Fiji: Mortality rate, infant

Eritrea

24.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Fiji

23.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Eritrea rank

56th

Fiji rank

59th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Eritrea
Fiji

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 24.7 per 1,000 live births against 23.5 per 1,000 live births in Fiji, a difference of 1.2 per 1,000 live births.

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

Across all 50 years both countries report, Eritrea has been ahead every year.

Eritrea ranks 56th and Fiji ranks 59th of 197 countries.

Eritrea has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Fiji	Difference	Ahead
1970s	100.86 per 1,000 live births	38.92 per 1,000 live births	61.94 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
1980s	106.22 per 1,000 live births	27.56 per 1,000 live births	78.66 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
1990s	67.01 per 1,000 live births	18.58 per 1,000 live births	48.43 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
2000s	44.19 per 1,000 live births	17.01 per 1,000 live births	27.18 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
2010s	32.96 per 1,000 live births	17.01 per 1,000 live births	15.95 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
2020s	26.22 per 1,000 live births	22.88 per 1,000 live births	3.34 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Eritrea or Fiji?: Eritrea, at 24.7 per 1,000 live births against 23.5 per 1,000 live births in Fiji as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Eritrea and Fiji?: 1.2 per 1,000 live births, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Fiji?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Eritrea and Fiji rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Eritrea ranks 56th and Fiji ranks 59th 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.