Eritrea vs South Africa: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
Eritrea
38.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Africa
37.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Eritrea rank
52nd
South Africa rank
54th
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Eritrea
- South Africa
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 38.3 per 1,000 live births against 37.6 per 1,000 live births in South Africa, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 52nd and South Africa ranks 54th of 197 countries.
Eritrea has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 218.68 per 1,000 live births | 115.95 per 1,000 live births | 102.73 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 222.46 per 1,000 live births | 81.38 per 1,000 live births | 141.08 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 132.28 per 1,000 live births | 64.78 per 1,000 live births | 67.5 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 76.9 per 1,000 live births | 76.83 per 1,000 live births | 0.07 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 52.67 per 1,000 live births | 42.69 per 1,000 live births | 9.98 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 40.84 per 1,000 live births | 36.9 per 1,000 live births | 3.94 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Eritrea or South Africa?
- Eritrea, at 38.3 per 1,000 live births against 37.6 per 1,000 live births in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Eritrea and South Africa?
- 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and South Africa?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Eritrea and South Africa rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Eritrea ranks 52nd and South Africa ranks 54th 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, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.