Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.56% to 30.5 in Eritrea in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Eritrea reached an all time high of 129 in 1969 and an all time low of 30.5 in 2019. When compared to Eritrea's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Djibouti amounted to 48.6, 74.8 in Somalia, 41.0 in Sudan and 46.4 in Yemen in 2019.
Eritrea has been ranked 51st within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Chad | 77.3 | 75.7 | 74.1 | 72.4 | 70.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | 56.2 | 54.6 | 53.1 | 51.6 | 50.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 20.5 | 19.8 | 19.1 | 18.5 | 17.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | 34.9 | 34.0 | 33.1 | 32.2 | 31.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 45.2 | 43.2 | 41.3 | 39.5 | 38.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 36.4 | 35.2 | 34.4 | 33.7 | 32.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oman | 9.70 | 9.60 | 9.60 | 9.60 | 9.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 8.30 | 7.80 | 7.30 | 6.90 | 6.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | 85.9 | 83.6 | 81.4 | 79.1 | 76.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 63.3 | 63.3 | 63.3 | 63.3 | 63.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 46.3 | 45.2 | 44.1 | 43.0 | 42.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | 45.4 | 46.1 | 46.0 | 45.9 | 46.5 |
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