What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Eswatini and Sudan?

0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Sudan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Sudan?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

Eswatini vs Sudan: Mortality rate, infant

Eswatini

42.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sudan

42.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Eswatini rank

24th

Sudan rank

23rd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Eswatini
Sudan

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 42.9 per 1,000 live births against 42.2 per 1,000 live births in Eswatini, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 24th and Sudan ranks 23rd of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 5 and Sudan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eswatini	Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	130.77 per 1,000 live births	91.66 per 1,000 live births	39.11 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini
1970s	107.27 per 1,000 live births	90.87 per 1,000 live births	16.4 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini
1980s	73.16 per 1,000 live births	104.27 per 1,000 live births	31.11 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
1990s	62.15 per 1,000 live births	81.36 per 1,000 live births	19.21 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
2000s	69.31 per 1,000 live births	63.5 per 1,000 live births	5.81 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini
2010s	53.54 per 1,000 live births	48.93 per 1,000 live births	4.61 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini
2020s	45.26 per 1,000 live births	41.98 per 1,000 live births	3.28 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Eswatini or Sudan?: Sudan, at 42.9 per 1,000 live births against 42.2 per 1,000 live births in Eswatini as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Eswatini and Sudan?: 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Sudan?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Eswatini and Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Eswatini ranks 24th and Sudan ranks 23rd 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.