Eritrea
Infant mortality in Eritrea
Infant mortality in Eritrea: 209.8 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 27.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 27.1 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −182.7 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 56 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 4.1 per 1,000 live births
- UN projection (medium variant)
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.1 per 1,000 live births and 24.3 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 221.5 per 1,000 live births in 1957, the lowest 27.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Eritrea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 27.1 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 27.9 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 28.8 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 29.7 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 30.5 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 31.3 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 32.2 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 33.1 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 34 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 35 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 36 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 37 | 35 |
| 2011 | 38.1 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 39.3 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 40.5 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 41.9 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 43.1 | 42 |
| 2006 | 44.6 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 46.5 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 48.1 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 49.9 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 51.9 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 54.1 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 58.4 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 66 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 62.1 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 65.5 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 69 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 72.9 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 77 | 62 |
| 1993 | 81.1 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 85.4 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 89.3 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 93.1 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 98.5 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 99.9 | 68 |
| 1987 | 102.6 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 145.4 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 148.6 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 153.9 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 156.7 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 112.6 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 114.1 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 115.7 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 117.5 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 119.3 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 121.3 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 123.5 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 143.8 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 146.8 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 137.8 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 140.8 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 137 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 139.9 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 142.8 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 145.7 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 148.5 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 164.5 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 154.3 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 157.4 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 160.8 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 164.4 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 168.1 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 172.2 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 176.4 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 216.8 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 221.5 | 120 |
| 1956 | 188.8 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 192.9 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 196.5 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 199.8 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 203.1 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 206.3 | 136 |
| 1950 | 209.8 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Eritrea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2620.8–31.6 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 2518–32.7 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 2416.1–34.3 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 23.114.9–35 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 22.213–35.4 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 21.411.9–35.5 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 20.611–35.5 | 24 |
| 2031 | 19.99.9–35.8 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 19.19–34.4 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 18.48.5–35 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 17.77.7–35.1 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 17.17.2–34.3 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 16.46.7–33.9 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 15.86.3–33.6 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 15.36–33.9 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 14.75.6–33.5 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 14.35.4–32.9 | 20 |
| 2041 | 13.95.1–32.6 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 13.55–32.8 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 13.14.5–32.3 | 19 |
| 2044 | 12.84.4–31.9 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 12.44.2–32.2 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 12.14–31.6 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 11.73.8–31.9 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 11.43.7–31.6 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 11.13.6–30.6 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 10.83.5–30.2 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 10.53.4–30.2 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 10.23.3–30.1 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 9.93.1–28.9 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 9.63–29 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 9.42.9–29.4 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 9.12.8–29.5 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 8.92.7–30.3 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 8.72.6–30.3 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 8.52.5–30.4 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 8.32.4–29.7 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 82.3–28.8 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 7.82.2–29.2 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 7.62.2–29.2 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 7.52.1–28.9 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 7.32.1–29.5 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 7.12.1–28.5 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 6.92–28.8 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 6.72–28.6 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 6.61.9–29 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 6.51.9–28.7 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 6.41.8–29.1 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 6.21.7–29.2 | 13 |
| 2073 | 6.11.7–28.7 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 61.7–27.8 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 5.91.7–27.9 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 5.81.6–27.7 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 5.71.6–27.1 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 5.71.6–26.7 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 5.61.6–26.8 | 12 |
| 2080 | 5.51.6–26.1 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 5.41.5–26.3 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 5.31.5–26.3 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 5.21.4–27.1 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 5.11.5–26.8 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 51.4–27.2 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 51.4–26.3 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 4.91.4–25.6 | 11 |
| 2088 | 4.81.3–25.3 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 4.71.3–24.5 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 4.71.3–25.5 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 4.61.2–25.2 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 4.51.2–24.6 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 4.51.2–25.1 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 4.41.2–24.8 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 4.31.1–24.4 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 4.31.1–23.7 | 10 |
| 2097 | 4.21.1–23.9 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 4.21.1–23.2 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 4.11.1–23.2 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 4.11.1–24.3 | 9.6 |
Good to know
- Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Eritrea in numbers
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- Military spending20.87% of GDP in 2003
- Military spending per person$75 in 2003
- Military share of state spending46.4% of government spending in 2003
- Armed forces personnel202,000 people in 2020
- National power0.31% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers13.29% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2007
- Arms exports0 TIV in 2006