Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 3.08% to 31.5 in Gabon in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Gabon reached an all time high of 108 in 1967 and an all time low of 31.5 in 2019. When compared to Gabon's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Angola amounted to 49.9, 49.9 in Cameroon, 35.9 in Congo and 60.0 in Equatorial Guinea in 2019.
Gabon has been ranked 48th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 1 place 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 |
| Angola | 60.5 | 57.7 | 55.5 | 53.5 | 51.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | 40.1 | 39.6 | 39.3 | 38.2 | 37.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | 34.0 | 33.3 | 32.8 | 32.2 | 31.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 80.1 | 79.3 | 78.3 | 77.1 | 75.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | 46.0 | 46.9 | 45.6 | 44.3 | 43.9 |
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