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

2.5 per 1,000 live births, with Laos ahead.

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

47 years are reported by both, from 1978 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 Laos: Mortality rate, infant

Eritrea

24.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Laos

27.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Eritrea rank

56th

Laos rank

53rd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Eritrea
Laos

How they compare

Laos currently reports 27.2 per 1,000 live births against 24.7 per 1,000 live births in Eritrea, a difference of 2.5 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Laos ahead.

Eritrea ranks 56th and Laos ranks 53rd of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Laos	Difference	Ahead
1970s	94.7 per 1,000 live births	134.25 per 1,000 live births	39.55 per 1,000 live births	Laos
1980s	106.22 per 1,000 live births	123.22 per 1,000 live births	17 per 1,000 live births	Laos
1990s	67.01 per 1,000 live births	98.08 per 1,000 live births	31.07 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2000s	44.19 per 1,000 live births	67.95 per 1,000 live births	23.76 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2010s	32.96 per 1,000 live births	41.44 per 1,000 live births	8.48 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2020s	26.22 per 1,000 live births	29.42 per 1,000 live births	3.2 per 1,000 live births	Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Eritrea or Laos?: Laos, at 27.2 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 Laos?: 2.5 per 1,000 live births, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Laos?: 47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Eritrea and Laos rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Eritrea ranks 56th and Laos ranks 53rd 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.