What is child mortality rate in Eritrea?

Child mortality rate in Eritrea was 3.43 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child mortality rate recorded in Eritrea?

The highest recorded value was 28.4 deaths per 100 live births in 1983.

What is the lowest child mortality rate recorded in Eritrea?

The lowest recorded value was 3.43 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Eritrea rank for child mortality rate?

Eritrea ranks 54th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality rate rising or falling in Eritrea?

Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Eritrea data come from?

The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality rate in Eritrea

Name: Child mortality rate in Eritrea
Creator: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Eritrea: Child mortality rate was 3.43 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

3.43 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.1%

World rank

54th

of 200 countries

All-time high

28.4 deaths per 100 live births

in 1983

All-time low

3.43 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1969–2024

Child mortality rate in Eritrea, 1969–2024

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

Eritrea recorded 3.43 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality rate in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.

That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 28.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality rate in Eritrea peaked at 28.4 deaths per 100 live births in 1983 and was at its lowest, 3.43 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Eritrea ranks 54th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	21.87 deaths per 100 live births	21.87 deaths per 100 live births	21.87 deaths per 100 live births	1
1970s	21.48 deaths per 100 live births	19.86 deaths per 100 live births	25.46 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	20.87 deaths per 100 live births	16 deaths per 100 live births	28.4 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	12.19 deaths per 100 live births	9.5 deaths per 100 live births	15.34 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	6.99 deaths per 100 live births	5.73 deaths per 100 live births	8.53 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	4.74 deaths per 100 live births	4.05 deaths per 100 live births	5.52 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	3.66 deaths per 100 live births	3.43 deaths per 100 live births	3.91 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Eritrea

51 Ghana 3.59 deaths per 100 live births compare
52 Dominica 3.57 deaths per 100 live births compare
53 South Africa 3.51 deaths per 100 live births compare
55 Botswana 3.33 deaths per 100 live births compare
56 Gabon 3.26 deaths per 100 live births compare
57 Dominican Republic 3.06 deaths per 100 live births compare

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More health data for Eritrea

Number of infants who die before age 1 425 deaths (2100)
Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 821.1 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 43,810 (2025)
Population, male 49.4% (2025)
Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 43,723 (2025)
Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 44,632 (2025)
Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 43,173 (2025)
Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 44,025 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality rate in Eritrea?: Child mortality rate in Eritrea was 3.43 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child mortality rate recorded in Eritrea?: The highest recorded value was 28.4 deaths per 100 live births in 1983.
What is the lowest child mortality rate recorded in Eritrea?: The lowest recorded value was 3.43 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Eritrea rank for child mortality rate?: Eritrea ranks 54th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality rate rising or falling in Eritrea?: Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Eritrea data come from?: The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Child mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.