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

1.2 per 1,000 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.

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 Gabon: Mortality rate, infant

Eritrea

24.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Gabon

25.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Eritrea rank

56th

Gabon rank

55th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Eritrea
Gabon

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 25.9 per 1,000 live births against 24.7 per 1,000 live births in Eritrea, a difference of 1.2 per 1,000 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 197 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	100.86 per 1,000 live births	78.12 per 1,000 live births	22.74 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
1980s	106.22 per 1,000 live births	65.29 per 1,000 live births	40.93 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
1990s	67.01 per 1,000 live births	55.66 per 1,000 live births	11.35 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
2000s	44.19 per 1,000 live births	45.07 per 1,000 live births	0.88 per 1,000 live births	Gabon
2010s	32.96 per 1,000 live births	34.22 per 1,000 live births	1.26 per 1,000 live births	Gabon
2020s	26.22 per 1,000 live births	27.52 per 1,000 live births	1.3 per 1,000 live births	Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Eritrea or Gabon?: Gabon, at 25.9 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 Eritrea and Gabon?: 1.2 per 1,000 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 mortality rate, infant?: Eritrea ranks 56th and Gabon ranks 55th 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.