Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.76% to 60.0 in Equatorial Guinea in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea reached an all time high of 135 in 1982 and an all time low of 60.0 in 2019. When compared to Equatorial Guinea's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Cameroon amounted to 49.9, 35.9 in Congo, 31.5 in Gabon and 74.0 in Nigeria in 2019.
Equatorial Guinea has been ranked 11th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 4 places below 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 |
| Angola | 60.5 | 57.7 | 55.5 | 53.5 | 51.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Benin | 64.4 | 63.2 | 61.9 | 60.6 | 59.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 59.5 | 57.0 | 55.2 | 53.2 | 51.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 90.5 | 87.9 | 85.6 | 83.8 | 81.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 77.3 | 75.7 | 74.1 | 72.4 | 70.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Congo | 38.7 | 37.6 | 36.6 | 35.6 | 34.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 75.0 | 73.0 | 71.1 | 69.1 | 67.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 69.9 | 67.6 | 65.6 | 63.6 | 61.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | 37.2 | 36.1 | 34.6 | 33.7 | 32.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 53.4 | 51.8 | 50.4 | 49.1 | 47.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 80.1 | 79.3 | 78.3 | 77.1 | 75.7 |
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