Infant mortality rate in Djibouti
Djibouti: Infant mortality rate was 4.3 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Infant mortality rate in Djibouti, 1978–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.
Analysis
Djibouti recorded 4.3 deaths per 100 live births for infant mortality rate in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 47 years on record.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, infant mortality rate in Djibouti peaked at 10.82 deaths per 100 live births in 1978 and was at its lowest, 4.3 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
That places Djibouti 21st out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 47 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.73 deaths per 100 live births | 10.64 deaths per 100 live births | 10.82 deaths per 100 live births | 2 |
| 1980s | 9.67 deaths per 100 live births | 8.92 deaths per 100 live births | 10.46 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.48 deaths per 100 live births | 8.15 deaths per 100 live births | 8.79 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.34 deaths per 100 live births | 6.62 deaths per 100 live births | 8.03 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.74 deaths per 100 live births | 5.02 deaths per 100 live births | 6.46 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.58 deaths per 100 live births | 4.3 deaths per 100 live births | 4.87 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Djibouti
- 18 Cote d'Ivoire 4.48 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 19 Mozambique 4.37 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 20 Burkina Faso 4.36 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 22 Madagascar 4.3 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 23 Sudan 4.29 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 24 Eswatini 4.22 deaths per 100 live births compare
More health data for Djibouti
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,107 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 197 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 11,337 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 11,508 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 66.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 387,956 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 66.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 11,262 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is infant mortality rate in Djibouti?
- Infant mortality rate in Djibouti was 4.3 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest infant mortality rate recorded in Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 10.82 deaths per 100 live births in 1978.
- What is the lowest infant mortality rate recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Djibouti rank for infant mortality rate?
- Djibouti ranks 21st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is infant mortality rate rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Djibouti data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Infant mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .